Urban Violence Is a National Crisis
Violence and crime are happening in schools in cities like Camden and other poor urban centers throughout the country. Our families have come together to object the violence in our city.
Violence and crime are happening in schools in cities like Camden and other poor urban centers throughout the country. Our families have come together to object the violence in our city.
Marjorie Gilberg | Posted 12.19.2011
Cindi Santana and her family did everything right to ensure her safety and the system failed them. Responding to dating abuse requires parents, schools, community leaders, law enforcement and elected officials to work together.
Kristen Paglia | Posted 07.09.2011
Arts education, particularly theater education, may be an effective method of teaching young people tolerance, and helping them recognize, and stand up against, injustice.
AP | Posted 05.31.2011
LYNN, Mass. — School officials in Massachusetts say two elementary school children were given medical attention after they played doctor with a ...
Posted 05.25.2011
According to national data, almost 8 percent of students reported being "threatened or injured with a weapon" on school grounds in 2009. Findings fro...
Posted 05.25.2011
As part of their 10 for '10 college rankings, Unigo asked students about the safety of their campuses. Common themes of the the top ten safest schools...
Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011
Nearly four years ago, retired coal miner and grandfather Ed Wiley walked from Charleston, West Virginia to Washington, DC, asking state and federal o...
Joan Garry | Posted 05.25.2011
Republicans in Congress are trying to get the Assistant Deputy Secretary in the Department of Education fired based on his sexual orientation. And that should enrage everyone.
Terrance Heath | Posted 05.25.2011
School will soon start again, and countless LGBT youth will return to classrooms all over the country. Some will return to schools where they find support and protection; some won't.
Sara Whitman | Posted 05.25.2011
There is something deeply wrong. We must demand change. We must enable teachers to do the right thing. We must teach our children tolerance.
Sara Whitman | Posted 11.17.2011
I'm angry. How can this happen today? Why did that mother have to lose her son? Why was that boy not taken care of by the school officials?
Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011
After eight years of policy that has left too many children -- especially LGBT children -- behind, a Duncan era could signal the first real opportunity for concerned parents to have a seat at the table.
Gloria Bonilla Santiago | Posted 02.27.2012