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Mental Health Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone


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10 May 2021

Mental Health Awareness Month: You Are Not Alone

It was my sophomore year of high school. The district had transitioned from its previous school model, moving my entire class and the class below up t...


By     Jack Russell
07 May 2021

Equity in Mental Health: Supporting All Students

The data is in: Students are struggling with their mental health. More than a year after it began, students and educators are still reeling from the d...


04 May 2021

Disrupting School Violence: New Secret Service Report Offers Tips for Educators

The U.S. Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) recently released a report analyzing 67 disrupted plots against K-12 schools from 200...


By     Paget Hetherington
30 Apr 2021

Education in a Biden Administration

It’s no secret that 2020 was an unusual year that changed the education landscape. Now that we’re well into 2021, educators across the country are won...


By     Paget Hetherington
26 Apr 2021

Using Trauma-Informed Practices to Protect Students Against Critical Incidents

Critical incidents in schools are on the rise. Between 2007 and 2018, teenage suicide increased by 60%. Between 2014 and 2019, there were nearly 350 s...


By     Dr. Will Henson
23 Apr 2021

Student Wellness: Dealing With Selfies and Explicit Content

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted education in many ways. One trend Gaggle has observed is a 76% increase in incidents related to nudity and sexual c...


By     Jack Russell
20 Apr 2021

Students and the Pandemic: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic flipped learning upside-down overnight for students and educators across the country, how are students co...


By     Lisa Railton
13 Apr 2021

Uncovering Cries for Help With Gaggle

When Cajon Valley Union School District rolled out a 1:1 Chromebook program in 2014, Chief Technology Officer Jonathon Guertin and his team felt that ...


By     Lisa Railton
09 Apr 2021

Inside Gaggle: Interview with Angie Groth

A Safety Representative since 2012, Angie Groth loves the role she plays in keeping students safe—and Gaggle’s mission to get students the help they n...


By     Lisa Railton
06 Apr 2021

The Fight Against Human Trafficking

Human trafficking impacts millions of individuals across the world each year—including here in the United States. But what exactly do we mean when tal...


By     Lisa Railton

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