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Distance Learning: Supporting Students During School Closures


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13 Mar 2020

Distance Learning: Supporting Students During School Closures

As schools and districts across the country shut down in response to the outbreak of COVID-19, also known as the new coronavirus, educators are making...


By     Gaggle
03 Mar 2020

How Gaggle Helps Districts Intervene

Managing a high number of suicide ideation and self-harm situations, Carrollton-Farmers Branch Independent School District knew it needed to take acti...


By     Lisa Railton
27 Feb 2020

A Student’s Story: Remembering a Lost Friend

When Ethan was a freshman in high school, he lost one of his closest friends to suicide. Now a junior, the 17-year-old student is still unsure why his...


By     Paget Hetherington
21 Feb 2020

Public Schools Week: February 24–28, 2020

The week of February 24, 2020 marks Public Schools Week—a celebration of everything happening in the nation’s public schools. This week also brings at...


By     Lisa Railton
18 Feb 2020

Student Equity: Leveling the Playing Field




By     Lisa Railton
11 Feb 2020

A Decade of Student Safety

One of the first districts in the nation to adopt a 1:1 approach, Mooresville Graded School District’s computer initiative has been in place for more ...


By     Lisa Railton
06 Feb 2020

Celebrating School Counselors: National School Counseling Week

Sponsored by the American School Counselor Association (ASCA), February 3–7 marks National School Counseling Week 2020. The organization launched the ...


By     Paget Hetherington
03 Feb 2020

A Mother’s Story

What would you do if your child’s school called to inform you about a suicide note on their school-issued device? This terrifying situation was a real...


By     Lisa Railton
31 Jan 2020

A District “911” System




By     Lisa Railton
28 Jan 2020

Walking the Tightrope Between Student Safety and Data Privacy

The subject of data privacy is something that has captivated the media and concerned consumers for the last several years. For parents, those concerns...


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