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April 10, 2012 - 3:27pm
Tulsa, Okla. mourns three of its residents after a shooting spree on Good Friday that also left two injured.
April 6, 2012 - 11:14am
"This is not about a black and white thing. This is about a wrong and right thing."
—Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother
Million Hoodies March, Union Square, New York. Source: Rene Carson, photos.byhandmedia.com
As our country grapples with the traumatic aftermath of the Trayvon Martin killing, we ask ourselves, can this crisis bring us together? How do we begin to address an issue as systemic as racial profiling?
April 2, 2012 - 11:25am
To help educators and schools get started, we have developed a Quick Start Guide: How to Launch a Not In Our School Campaign.
With a focus on students taking the lead in creating an inclusive environment at their schools, the Not In our School program can be implemented with the help of tailored lesson plans, NIOS videos, and activity guides--all available on the NIOS website. Educators can launch a Not In Our School campaign in just 9 steps.
March 29, 2012 - 11:05am
"A school where children don't feel safe is a school where children struggle to learn. It is a school where kids drop out, tune out, and get depressed. Not just violence but bullying, verbal harassment, substance abuse, cyber-bullying, and disruptive classrooms all interfere with a student's ability to learn."
—U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
Vegas PBS, the public television station that serves Southern Nevada, is taking the lead in linking efforts to address bullying as part of their effort to take action in the school dropout crisis as they are one of the first stations to launch the new nationwide PBS initiative "American Graduate—Let's Make it Happen."