U.S. Secret Service Report on School Violence

Accountability, Advocacy, Health & Safety, In the News, Legislation, Legislative Session

The United States Secret Service National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) issued a report analyzing targeted school violence. This report expands upon twenty years of NTAC research in threat assessment and violence prevention. In line with this effort, NTAC conducted a study of 41 incidents of targeted school violence from 2008 to 2017. Read More Read the Report

Senate workforce bill expands to include all public schools

Accountability, Advocacy, Charter Schools, Curriculum, In the News, Legislation, Legislative Session, School Governance

Aiming to align career education to the needs of employers, state Sen. Travis Hutson proposed legislation to direct job growth grant fund money to certain charter schools that specialized in career-technical graduation pathways.  His bill (SB 130) quickly attracted criticism from observers who wanted to know why only charter schools would benefit from the plan. Read More