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school police debate, school resource officers, mentor: school security guard looks out over cafeteria full of students

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Opinion

Unexpected mentors: Every new positive connection really does count

How can we look for ways to expand or deepen youth-adult relationships?

Two families sue after 11-year-old and 13-year-old students were arrested under Tennessee school threat law: view of black mother and child holding hands

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Two families sue after 11-year-old and 13-year-old students were arrested under Tennessee’s school threat law

The lawsuits argue that students’ rights were violated when police were called.

Police Ticketing Students Civil Rights case: Illustration close-up of policeperson in uniform standing in front of student sitting at desk while handing student a ticket

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An Illinois school district’s reliance on police to ticket students is discriminatory, civil rights complaint says

Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets with fines.

school violence prevention grants: young boy sitting against brick wall in hallway with hands on head and backpack on ground

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► Reports

Crime, violence, discipline, and safety in U.S. public schools

A new NCES report discusses school safety across the country using the latest data.

School police: Illustration with yellow & turquoise ground and smallblavk person on reight edge with arms outspread and shadow forming flying bird

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Opinion

Don’t sabotage our country’s future. Be the person you needed as a kid

This is my advice to school resource officers and police officers in general.

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News

Wisconsin district debates the effects of terminating school police

Madison is one of about 49 public school districts nationwide that, according to Education Week, have trimmed or eliminated school policing programs since...

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Opinion

Four non-negotiables for placing school resource officers in schools

School resource officers can be strong partners in the work to reduce school violence in many communities. However, a school resource officer...

A school district added its name to police car for officers assigned to its schools,

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From the Bureaus

Amid nationwide debate about police in schools, a few districts recently disbanded those units

For Madeline Borrelli, a special education teacher in Brooklyn, N.Y., having NYPD-trained law enforcement officers in schools is a cut-and-dry issue: “School...