School Climate & Safety
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- School Climate & Safety Schools Turn to AI to Detect Weapons. But Some Question the Tech's EffectivenessSchools have turned to AI systems to screen for weapons, but some have reported false alarms, missed weapons, and logistical concerns.School Climate & Safety Video Students Want to Feel Safe at School. Here’s What They’re Asking ForStudents across the country worry school shootings are becoming routine. So they're walking out of school for "common sense" gun laws.School Climate & Safety Schools With More Black and Latino Students Likelier to Have PoliceThe finding comes as lawmakers debate boosting numbers of school resource officers in the wake of a deadly Nashville school shooting.School Climate & Safety After the Nashville Shooting, School Safety Proposals Echo Past EffortsState and federal lawmakers have proposed increasing school police and arming teachers in response to a shooting at a private school.School Climate & Safety The 4 People in Schools Who Students Are Most Likely to Call a MentorJust about any adult in a school can be a mentor and impact a student's motivation and engagement.School Climate & Safety Students Push Schools to Overhaul Dress Codes: Their Success Stories and Lessons LearnedHow girls and LGBTQ+ students punished for dress code violations fought to overhaul district policies.School Climate & Safety High School Students Challenge Dress Code After Girls' Photos Were CensoredAfter 80 girls' yearbook photos were censored in one high school in Florida, then-freshman Riley O'Keefe fought to change the dress code.School Climate & Safety How Athletes Suspended for Wearing Sports Bras to Practice Changed the Dress CodeThirteen track athletes were suspended for wearing sports bras to practice. They fought the decision and pushed for a changed dress code.School Climate & Safety Nonbinary Child's Long Hair Results in Suspension, Dress Code Amended After Legal BattleMagnolia ISD in Texas suspended a then-11-year-old nonbinary child for having long hair until a lawsuit forced a gender neutral dress code policy.School Climate & Safety What the Tragedy in Nashville Reveals About School SafetyA rapid response, security measures in the building, and warning signs before the attack offer lessons on safety.School Climate & Safety What We Know About the Nashville School Shooting VictimsThe Nashville community mourned the loss of three children and three adults after a shooter attacked The Covenant School.School Climate & Safety 3 Students, 3 Staff Dead in Shooting at Private Elementary School in NashvilleThe attack at The Covenant School was the 13th school shooting this year that resulted in injuries or deaths.School Climate & Safety School Shooting Prompts Denver to Bring Back Armed OfficersDenver's superintendent this week said he was ready to face the consequences of going against district policy following two shootings.School Climate & Safety Q&A Making the Case for Schools That Don't Look Like PrisonsClaire Latané, a landscape architecture professor at Cal Poly Pomona, discusses how schools can design environments that support mental health.School Climate & Safety Sandy Hook Promise CEO: 'School Shootings Are Preventable'There have been 152 shootings on K-12 school property that resulted in firearm-related injuries or deaths since 2018.