The simple reinforcement of the Positive Behavior Incentive System is one of many ways schools across the country are rethinking discipline. It is part of the restorative justice toolbox that emphasizes conflict resolution over punishment and encourages teachers to consider the culture, background, and home life of students when responding to their actions in class.

Last year, the Detroit Public Schools Community District recorded 16,000 suspensions — many of them involving kids getting kicked out of school for everything from fighting to disorderly conduct to insubordination.

 fifth-grade student in New Hampshire who wants to stop bullying has told her school board that she’s been threatened to get shot in the head with an AK-47 assault rifle and buried in her backyard.

Florida State University’s board of trustees Friday approved a $1.8 billion budget for next year that includes spending to hire more than 100 new faculty members, boosting scholarships for incoming students and increasing student success initiatives.

Institutions nationwide, facing a 61% overall retention rate and a 55% rate for black students, are threatened by tight budgets, shrinking enrollment income and the prospect of aid formula changes that might cut even more support if students leave.

More than 3 million students will graduate from U.S. high schools this month, and two-thirds of them will head off to college next fall. If history is any guide, for many of them, their high school graduation might be their last commencement ceremony.

New data analysis about Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) from Excelencia in Education and the Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) reveals that such institutions are on the rise around the country, including in less-expected states such as Connecticut, Oregon and Tennessee.

There are renewed efforts around the country — in state legislatures, inside courthouses and on campuses — to prevent the hazing injuries and deaths that have plagued college campuses for decades.