According to a recent GLSEN research report, From Teasing to Torment: School Climate Revisited, A Survey of U.S. Secondary School Students and Teachers, the vast majority (74 percent) of middle and high school students experienced some form of victimization at school in the past year. In general, the frequency of...
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23 Senators Who Need to Hear from You Right Now
Tonight, the 23 members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will begin confirmation hearings for President-Elect Trump’s nominee for U.S. Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos. These Senators need to hear from us right now. With her family’s history of supporting anti-LGBTQ organizations and “school choice”...
This Is What Every School Needs to Do Before Inauguration Day
Right after the election, school climates across the country took a turn for the worse, as there was a sharp uptick in the use of derogatory language and incidents of harassment, according to a recent survey of educators conducted by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). In Collier County, Fla.,...