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School Violence: A Growing Concern


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24 Sep 2021

School Violence: A Growing Concern

When it comes to school safety, gun violence is a very real threat to today’s students and educators. Over the past few decades, there has been an ala...


By     Lisa Railton
17 Sep 2021

Suicide Prevention: Raising Awareness and Taking Action

September is National Suicide Prevention Month, a time to join together to promote suicide prevention awareness all month long. As the second-leading ...


By     Lisa Railton
09 Sep 2021

Honoring Our K-12 Heroes

This summer, eSchool News announced the K-12 Hero Awards program to honor educators who brought students through the COVID-19 crisis. The past two sch...


By     Paget Hetherington
01 Sep 2021

Back to School: Resources for Parents and Educators

The 2021–22 school year is here, and with it comes a new set of challenges. Between considerations over how and where kids will learn this year, the c...


By     Laura Guido
24 Aug 2021

Inside Gaggle: Interview with Christina Nava

Christina Nava loves using software to solve problems. She has been working in the software space since college and specifically with Salesforce since...


By     Lisa Railton
18 Aug 2021

Pandemic Losses: Helping Grieving Students Cope

Grief is an equalizer. It connects us all regardless of our age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, birthplace, or count...


11 Aug 2021

ESSA: Title IV Funding Guidelines

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) eliminated 49 programs under No Child Left Behind (NCLB), creating one large block grant to increase the ways in...


By     Lisa Railton
05 Aug 2021

App Watchlist: What Are Students Using?

We live in a digital world. It seems like there’s a constant stream of new apps and social networks that can be downloaded or joined in an instant, an...


By     Lisa Railton
29 Jul 2021

Removing Barriers to Mental Health and SEL

My previous MTSS blog detailed the fundamentals of MTSS and the importance of an early warning system. The next step is incorporating mental health in...


By     Art Godin, Ed.S.
21 Jul 2021

Inside Gaggle: Interview with Conor Flanagan

Conor Flanagan has been with Gaggle for the entirety of his career, initially starting out as an accounting intern during his senior year in college. ...


By     Lisa Railton

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