Republican school safety bills move forward in Michigan House • Michigan Advance

Republican school safety bills move forward in Michigan House • Michigan Advance

The initials of the four students who were murdered at Oxford High School on Nov. 30, 2021 are painted on a rock outside the school. The students who were killed were Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, and Justin Shilling. | Photo by Anna GustafsonThis story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public schoo…

Republican school safety bills move forward in Michigan House

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters Sign up for Chalkbeat Detroit’s free newsletter to keep up with the city’s public school system and Michigan education policy. Amid a bipartisan push to improve…

Violence in Schools: Social Workers Need to be Part of the Change

By Sue Coyle At 13, eighth-grader Melissa* is no stranger to lockdown drills—drills where students and staff practice what they would do if an active shooter was on campus. She says the drills occur monthly, more frequently at the beginning of the school year, and are fortified by an assembly in the fall about active shooters. The assembly is led by the school resource officer and follows the ALICE Training curriculum. Melissa knows the name of t

Here’s what Michigan Republicans’ school safety bills would do

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters This story also appeared in Chalkbeat Detroit Amid a bipartisan push to improve school safety and students’ mental health, Republican lawmakers have put forward a package of bills that aims to create a comprehensive “school-community mental health system” and put additional crisis teams in schools. The bill package c…