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Mar 22, 2019

Why School Psychologists Are Worried About the Mental Health of America’s Students

Earlier this month, thousands of school psychologists met in Atlanta at the annual convention of the National Association of School Psychologists. One of the hottest topics among attendees was exhaustion —...

Distressed student sitting with a counselor

Mar 6, 2019

Kirstjen Nielsen Continues to Insist That There Is No Family Separation Policy

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testified on Wednesday before the House...

Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen near the border fence at Border Field State Park

Mar 4, 2019

Student Surveillance Versus Gun Control: The School Safety Discussion We Aren’t Having

On April 20, 1999, two male students walked into Columbine High School and started shooting. By the time it was over, 15...

Surveillance camera mounted in front of a school yard

Mar 1, 2019

Rampant Abuses in Immigration Detention Prove ICE Is Rotten to the Core

Last Friday, a Honduran asylum seeker suffered an unthinkable tragedy when she had a stillbirth while in ICE detention in Texas. While the facts of this case are still coming to light, it is only one of...

Feb 28, 2019

South Carolina's Prison Profile

The Prison Policy Initiative has done an analysis of every state's prison system to determine where each state stands compared to the world. South Carolina's position? Shocking.

Feb 27, 2019

It’s Time to Make Sure Our Kids Are No Longer Bound, Shackled, or Locked Away When They’re at School

In 1998, teachers in West Virginia strapped a 4-year-old autistic girl with cerebral palsy to a wooden chair. Why? She was being “uncooperative” because she needed to use the bathroom. The girl suffered...