School safety
Officials hope the new setup will prevent fights, but students in New York City have criticized a similar system due to privacy concerns.
CPS also plans to roll out a new framework to help all schools implement a 2024 district policy related to student well-being and safety.
The U.S. Department of Education says long-delayed federal civil rights data on suspensions, expulsions, Advanced Placement courses, bullying and more will be released later this summer.
In order to get the dollars, Michigan districts had to agree to disclose information that would otherwise be legally protected if a school shooting occurs.
New York City has deployed 114 assistant school safety agents as young as 18 to ease a sharp decline in school safety staffing.
After several years serving as Philadelphia’s chief of school safety, Police Commissioner Kevin Bethel describes his work with schools now.
Visitors must show an ID and have their photo taken.
The city will lower speed limits outside more than 800 schools by the end of the year. Mamdani pledged to reach the remaining schools by the end of his first term.
Experts say schools should begin preparations to help students who might eventually relocate from closed schools feel safe at their new ones.
Cuts to the Education Department’s data collection offices mean there’s even less information about important school safety questions.
Many Philadelphia students are exposed to constant violence. Some schools are responding with extra care.
Democratic backers of the proposal, which the Senate needs to approve on a final reading, say it would help ease the process for educators seeking extreme-risk protection orders.
The school board approved a $600,000 contract to provide the officers with protective equipment and other gear despite concerns from students and experts.
The state’s Safe2Say Something tip line launched in 2018 as a way for kids to report drug use, bullying, and other issues.
The family of Luis Garcia, a 16-year-old student who was shot and killed outside East, agreed to drop its appeal of a wrongful death lawsuit against Denver Public Schools, court documents show.
The new safety center uses artificial intelligence and live camera footage to monitor MSCS campuses all day, every day. It’s a security upgrade years in the making.
Board members said the company recommended by MSCS leaders has a history of poor service. It’s not the first time custodian contracts have caused issues.
Local educators say Hispanic students and parents are afraid to leave their homes and risk detainment. Some want the district to offer more support.
The police department is temporarily assigning other officers to cover the schools until it can hire new full-time SROs.
The department had mulled moving its division handling public school safety from a community bureau to the office of Chief of Department John Chell.