The survey gave a snapshot into the various challenges educators face with school climate and student behavior. (Photo by Nikada/iStock Getty Images)

Survey: many teachers injured by students, lose class time

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

A survey among more than a thousand educators found that one in three are worried about receiving a physical injury from a student, while 20 percent have been injured from a student. The report was shown to the 24-member Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force Monday night, which is made of government and educational officials as well as school …

School behavioral infractions remain above 30,000 annually

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

A state committee created to evaluate and make recommendations to improve the environment of schools had its third meeting Monday night in which it learned that there were more than 30,000 behavioral infractions to middle and high school students in 2022. Although that number dropped in 2023, it was still north of 11,000 for high schoolers and nearly 14,000 for …

The task force is meant to examine and make recommendations in part on how to ensure positive student behavior in schools.

School behavior group wants more funding for specialists

Jarek RutzEducation, Headlines

The state task force dedicated to evaluating the ongoing problems with student behavior and school climate acknowledges that there is a real problem in Delaware schools. The 24-member Student Behavior and School Climate Task Force, made of government and educational officials as well as school behavioral specialists and resource officers, got its first taste of official suspension data Monday night. …