Student Success

More than a dozen school districts closed due to troubling posts that emerged on social media in the wake of Tuesday's shooting at the Michigan high school.

Administrators encourage vaccinations and boosters during extra days off designed to create a COVID buffer and give everyone and chance to recharge.

About as many LGBTQ+ youths considered suicide in the past year as reported not being able to find sufficient mental health care, according to an advocacy organization's survey. 

When it comes to student stress and mental health, this school year has been worse than 2020-21, says Kevin Rohlfs, the principal of Bellevue West High School in the Omaha, Nebraska suburbs.

Principal Jaime Stone respects families' choices on COVID vaccinations but it's clear where her administration stands on inoculations with a wider range of students now eligible.

In the last few weeks, a middle school in Oregon went remote to implement safety and social-emotional protocols while shootings near campuses sent a New York district to distance learning.