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Examine school building design to help prevent security problems While school shootings capture national headlines for a few days of the year when events are freshest and public outcry is strongest, protecting students from school shootings, bullying, and violence is a concern of school administrators, staff, students, and parents each and every day of the year. Unthinkable […]

Secondary school principals, school leaders, education administrators, and teachers all recognize the importance of community outreach in the vision and mission of their schools. However, some may think that budgetary constraints, staff reluctance, and lack of outside support make community engagement difficult. That’s simply not true. Collaboration between schools and communities can lead to many […]

Principals everywhere know that students who are motivated to do well in school usually do well in school. While “doing well in school” can mean lots of things (not everyone, after all, can be at the top of their graduating class), highly school-motivated students often do things we know will serve them well in the […]

In 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a race-conscious admissions program that was designed to increase student body diversity (Fisher v. University of Texas). Although this is a higher education case, the National Education Association, the National School Boards Association, and the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund all wrote that “Fisher” will have implications […]

In second grade, Kerensa Wing’s teacher, Ms. Gillespie, came down with laryngitis. She asked Wing and a classmate to present the lessons that week—and they did. Since then, Wing has always felt at ease working with students. For her, creating and cultivating relationships with youths came naturally. Her goal was to inspire them, to see […]