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How to Improve School Culture
It’s essential we model what we value
Parent survey points to school climate and culture
A recent survey at Goetz Middle School in New Jersey shows parents are looking for improved communications with teachers, feedback that underscores the important connection between home and school.
PA principal focuses on building trust after student discipline scandals
Woodland Hills Junior-Senior High School principal Phillip K. Woods personally greeted students as they piled off the bus for the first day of class, hoping to set a new tone after a series of recent student discipline scandals.
How to address chronic student absenteeism in schools
Schools across the country are struggling with chronic student absenteeism, and more are now using absences as a measure of school culture in accountability reports to the U.S. Department of Education.
Ohio students focus on serving others through volunteer work, service-related careers
Monroeville, Ohio high schoolers are expected to perform at least 40 hours of community service to graduate, but school officials are hoping the requirement sparks a passion for service that will inspire students long after they receive their diplomas.
New research: why kids bring weapons to school
A recent study reveals students who are bullied by their classmates are far more likely to bring a weapon to school, and it highlights the risk factors that can predict such incidents.
Salt Lake City police connect with elementary students through iCHAMPS program
Students who took part in the Salt Lake City School District’s new iCHAMPS program were sent to the office less and behaved better than students who did not participate.
Tutoring as a Coronavirus Palliative in Education
The evidence for remedial tutoring has particular force at a time when so many students may fall behind
Anti-bullying experts credit NJ anti-bullying laws for creating safer schools
In New Jersey, school anti-bullying coordinators are crediting one of the nation’s oldest anti-bullying laws with helping to keep classrooms safe.
Scholars on Schools: Interview with Richard Fournier on Rural Public High Schools
In this short clip, education researcher Richard Fournier talks to CultureFeed Editor Joanna Breault about the ethos of “school as family” found in many rural public schools—a culture that can result in both positive and negative effects.
OH schools host ‘Veteran Appreciation Game’ to honor military servicemen and women
Two Ohio communities of Miamisburg and Bellbrook came together this month to honor military veterans with a Veteran Appreciation Game between high school baseball teams.
Parents complain about student survey about bullying, violence and sex assault
Efforts in a South Carolina school to broach sexual assault and other sensitive subjects with students is meeting resistance from some parents who believe the discussions are better left at home.
