Educators are worried about being blamed for “attacking” students when it’s the other way around.

What about “threat assessment teams?”

Districts now must establish and train multidisciplinary “threat assessment teams” to identify and assess students demonstrating “concerning communications or behavior.”

Written By Dorothy Wigmore of the New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)

Many forms of violence in New Jersey schools—and elsewhere—seem to be getting worse.

Reported bullying, bias and hate speech numbers are climbing in the state, especially affecting students from marginalized communities. New types of violence are being reported. Two recent Canadian studies warn that low-level anti-social classroom behavior, or incivility, increased since the pandemic started and found it can lead to bullying.

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