Using specific approaches matched to the phases of a classroom behavior crisis cycle can help schools prevent or respond to intense situations.

Nu ska man ta reda på vad elevers hot och våld mot lärare kan bero på och var som kan göras åt det. I ett nytt forskningsprojekt ska forskare titta på en rad skolor för att få en bild av vad lärare utsätts för.

Hur kan skolan hantera situationer där lärare utsätts för hot och våld? Det ska två forskare vid Göteborgs universitet undersöka. De kommer bland annat att titta på hur olika strategier kan hjälpa vid olika typer av hotfulla eller våldsamma situationer.

Lærere har plikt til å gripe inn for å hindre at en elev skader seg selv eller andre. Her er noen tips til hva som er lurt å tenke på og en huskeliste for voldsutsatte lærere.

I alla kommuner utom en har elever utbildats i cybersäkerhet. Nu går projektet ”Är du säker?” vidare med målet att trygghet på nätet och kunskap om digital teknik ska bli en del av alla skolämnen.

The findings of this study suggest that concern, worry, and stress related to school violence or shootings may be risk factors for internalizing problems among adolescents, with variation in the strength of the association by race/ethnicity. (pdf)

Concerns about gun violence at their schools or other places they go has put high school students at increased risk for anxiety and other mental health conditions, a study published by JAMA Network Open found.

The pandemic has shined a light on the importance of teaching educators about data privacy, according to Ellen Mandinach, senior research scientist at WestEd. Mandinach and the Future of Privacy Forum released two training resources this week -- the Student Privacy Primer and a guide to data ethics - aimed at better preparing K-12 teachers…

Only 12% of students know their college has a data privacy policy in place and have read it; an additional 37% know there is one but have not read it.      

The academic unit of the nonprofit Cyber Innovation Center, Cyber.org, this week released what it says is a first-of-its-kind road map for K-12 cybersecurity learning. The main components of the optional standards are computing systems, digital citizenship and security.

K–12 IT leaders must ensure school-issued devices are ready to reconnect to the school’s network when students head back to classrooms in the fall.

Education-technology companies have many opportunities to collect data on students, a concept that Velislava Hillman, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, wants school leaders, academics and policy makers to reconsider.