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The Risks of Social Media Pressure: Keeping Teens Safe


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12 Feb 2021

The Risks of Social Media Pressure: Keeping Teens Safe

Almost every teenager in the U.S. has personal access to a device with a camera, and the COVID-19 pandemic has made using that camera more useful than...


By     Paget Hetherington
09 Feb 2021

The 20–21 School Year: How Are Students Doing So Far?

We recently released a report detailing the alarming increases in student safety trends during the first three months of the 2020–21 school year. In o...


By     Jack Russell
01 Feb 2021

Ring the Alarm: Students in Crisis

Most, if not all, districts across the country experienced a very different start to the 2020–21 school year. For those returning to the classroom, fa...


By     Lisa Railton
28 Jan 2021

Data Privacy: Are Your Students Secure?

With so many students learning remotely as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a more critical time for districts to focus on stud...


By     Paget Hetherington
26 Jan 2021

Student Wellness: Understanding and Addressing Incels

With the increase in social media usage among K-12 students over the past decade and the surge in online communication between students during the pan...


By     Gaggle
21 Jan 2021

American Rescue Plan: $130B for Education Relief

Just as the education world is deciphering the last round of stimulus funds, President Joe Biden announced $130 billion for education relief once he e...


By     Susan Gentz
19 Jan 2021

Take Care of the Educators Who Take Care of Our Children

For the past year, we have worried about the effects of remote schooling on our children. Would they fall behind academically? Would the lack of socia...


By     Dr. Lisa Strohman
14 Jan 2021

5 Ways to Support Educator Mental Health

The past year has been particularly demanding of educators’ mental and emotional energy, which has had a direct impact on their mental health. Educato...


By     Paget Hetherington
11 Jan 2021

Gaggle Tech Updates: How Are We Doing?

Spring of 2020 brought with it a number of challenges that few, if any, were prepared for at the time. While the unpredictability of a pandemic ushere...


By     Justin West
08 Jan 2021

2020 Reflections: Through the Gaggle Lens

Every year, we like to look back and reflect upon all that we have been able to accomplish over the past 12 months. 2020 was a challenging year for ma...


By     Paget Hetherington

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