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Senate GOP’s “School Safety” Bill Would Imperil Student Privacy, Expand Police State

  • November 25, 2019
  • Lisa Hudson
In the midst of the impeachment charade, Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and a number of his GOP colleagues introduced a bill to address mass shootings. However, privacy groups, particularly those who…
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How “Red Flag Laws” Could Open the Door to State Surveillance

  • October 2, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Several weeks ago, we wrote about the very grave bipartisan concerns over “red flag laws” that have sadly been already passed in 17 states. These laws have been described as…
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Serious Concerns Emerge in Debate over “Red Flag Laws”

  • August 27, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Red flag laws or “Extreme Risk Protection Orders” have become an intensive topic of discussion and debate after the 2018 Parkland, Fla., shooting as well as the more recent shootings…
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2020 Democrats Outline Big-Government Education Plans at NEA Forum

  • July 10, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
On July 5th, ten of the current twenty major Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Houston for the 2019 annual convention of the National Education Association (NEA) to discuss their education…
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States Rush to Adopt “Social Emotional Learning” Standards, Despite Red Flags

  • June 10, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Despite all evidence and even advice from proponents to be careful in the implementation, supporters of social emotional learning (SEL) standards, assessments, and data collection are following the same playbook…
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New Study Shows Dangers and Ineffectiveness of “Social-Emotional Learning”

  • March 11, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The Pioneer Institute, a national leader in the fight against Common Core and other horrible corporatist and global education reform ideas, today released a new study titled “Social-Emotional Learning: K–12…
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Multiple States Seek to Expand Invasive Mental Health Screening in Schools

  • March 1, 2019
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
In the wake of multiple horrific school shootings — particularly the Parkland, Fla., massacre where 17 people were murdered by a student long-known to have mental issues — states all…
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4 Important Takeaways from the Federal School Safety Report

  • December 27, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The Federal Commission on School Safety released their final report this past week. Given its sweeping scope, the report naturally contained many recommendations that were seen as controversial, regardless of…
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Dangerously Flawed “TeenScreen” Mental Health Program Returning to Schools

  • December 4, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
As the push for more school-based mental health intervention increases after recent high profile school shootings, one particularly controversial and inaccurate mental health screening instrument, “TeenScreen”, is starting to make…
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Flawed Report Uses Pseudoscience to Promote “Social Emotional Learning”

  • October 17, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The latest report of the National Commission on Social Emotional and Academic Learning continues to promote questionable brain science in the service of having government schools, corporations, or their foundations…
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FBI Warns of Grave Cyber Security Threat to Students from School Tech

  • September 21, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Finally! Although the horse may be long out of the barn, the FBI should nevertheless be commended for issuing this warning about the dangers of education technology and cyber security…
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Medical Child Kidnapping: Could a Norwegian Scandal Soon Hit the U.S.?

  • August 28, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
The BBC recently did a profile piece discussing Norway’s child protection system, which is based on its strict enforcement of its United Nations-approved child development standards that include social emotional…
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New Report on Parkland School Shooting Leaves Many Questions Unanswered

  • August 15, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
A heavily redacted report was released in recent days reviewing the Broward County Public Schools’ (BCPS) handling of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter under federal and state special education…
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Students’ Privacy Under Serious Threat in Era of School Shootings

  • July 30, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
As the number of school shootings increase, social media and mental health data are becoming very hot commodities. The federal School Safety Commission talked about how data sharing can be…
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Screen and Medicate More Students? School Safety Commission Gets Wrong Message

  • July 23, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
If the White House School Safety Commission is to make wise and helpful recommendations to protect school children, it needs to have good information. Sadly, most of the witnesses chosen…
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Texas School Safety “Action Plan” Contains More Problems than Solutions

  • June 5, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
After yet another tragic school shooting — this time in Santa Fe, Texas, resulting in the deaths of eight students and two teachers — Texas has followed the example of…
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America Must Improve Its Horrible Psychiatric Care for Veterans

  • May 25, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
As Memorial Day approaches, it is incredibly important that we pause from our rhetorical and political battles on the education front to remember, honor, and teach the next generation the…
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“Stunning” Report: Parkland Superintendent Misled Public About Shooter’s Past

  • May 9, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
Despite statements to the contrary by Broward County, Fla., Superintendent Robert Runcie and Sheriff Scott Israel, it has now been reported by WLRN that the Parkland school shooter, Nikolas Cruz,…
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Florida Seeks to Expand Ineffective Mental Health Screening in Schools

  • May 7, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
As discussed a few weeks ago in this space, the state of Texas is ramping up its school-based mental health screening and research using students as guinea pigs. And as…
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Parents Beware: Mental Screening of Students Ramps Up in Texas

  • April 12, 2018
  • Karen R. Effrem, MD
While federal, state, and local officials are trying to improve student safety in the wake of the tragic Parkland, Fla., school shooting, the heightened concern over student mental health has…
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