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The New York Police Department touted an overall drop in crime, but not when it comes to schools. New statistics show a sharp increase in crime and a 48 percent increase in the number of weapons seized in New York City schools. Read more>>

Ninth grade is the starting point for the performance transcripts students eventually submit with college applications, and Ann Arbor Schools is looking to provide more social-emotional support to help students manage the stress of that transition. In 2016, Washtenaw County saw a drastic increase in the number of teenagers who died by suicide. Read more>>
Hoosier Academies Virtual School will close. The board of the online school, serving about 1,750 students across Indiana, made the decision to end its experimental program rather than wait for the decision to be made for it. Read more>>

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Lauderdale County and two youth court judges, ending more than five years of dispute. According to the complaint, the school-to-prison pipeline involves the defendants’ alleged neglect of students’ constitutional rights of children. Read more>>
A new study has found low-income students in Florida who attend private schools with the help of a controversial, state-approved voucher program are more likely to enroll in and graduate from in-state public colleges than their similarly situated peers who stick with public schools. Read more>>
Questioning from a couple West Virginia Supreme Court justices suggests they feel the state Board of Education has more authority to rule on school consolidations than the Nicholas County Board of Education contends. Read more>>
Nearly 30 percent of U.S. high school students admitted to using a connected device to cheat on a classroom exam or project, according to a recent survey. Read more>>

For better or for worse, social media has enveloped our lives. High school athletic departments and their athletes are no different, as social media is a representation and extension of identity. That carries with it a duty to be responsible in its use. Sometimes that use falls short of that goal. Read more>>
Social media is a showcase of civic illiteracy. It also could be a catalyst for promoting civic education. Civic ignorance is a bipartisan concern, uniting teachers, the private sector and government. So national and state history needs to be hitched to any civics’ curriculum. Read more>>

As teachers who give our students everything we have (and then some), we can take practical steps to cultivate grit in our students. We can fulfill the dual purposes of helping our students fall in love with nuances of our curriculum while developing their abilities to persevere through challenges. Read more>>
U.S. Legal Support, Inc., a litigation support services provider, is teaming up with Chaffey Joint Union High School District, the second largest high school district in California, to be part of its newly established court reporting program. Read more>>
A new collaboration connects Oracle Academy's computer science curriculum with the technology behind Bloodhound Education Programme's Bloodhound supersonic car project, which aims to smash the 1,000 mph world land speed record. Read more>>
Classcraft, an education technology platform inspired by interactive role-playing games, released a guide in conjunction with the Liaison Center for Psychosocial Prevention and Intervention to help educators reduce bullying in schools using the Classcraft platform. Read more>>
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