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Group of students harassing another student

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Harassment: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

At the close of the 2019–20 school year, we reported a decrease in incidents flagged for harassment during the early days of the pandemic. The data from the 2020–21 school year tells a different story; student safety incidents in this category—which...

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Building Capacity to Support Educator Mental Health

Students’ mental health is at the forefront of the education world. With CARES Act funding earmarked for mental health services and new resources...

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Student passing pills to another student

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Drugs & Alcohol: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Students across all grade levels referenced drugs and alcohol at increasing rates during the 2020–21 school year. Overall, Gaggle revealed a 134%...

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Paper cutout people holding hands

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Inside Gaggle: Interview with Rebecca Swan

Events Manager Rebecca Swan has always worked and thrived in non-traditional work settings. After 10 years in the sports and entertainment industry,...

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Upset student on mobile device with peers

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Nudity & Sexual Content: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

During the 2020–21 school year, our data revealed more than 60,000 incidents flagged for nudity or sexual content—a 151% increase from the previous...

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Young girl hunched over alone

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National State of Emergency Declared for Children’s Mental Health

On October 19, 2021, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), and the Children’s...

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Students fighting in hallway

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Violence Toward Others: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Last school year, Gaggle flagged more than 360,000 student safety incidents requiring district attention to help ensure student safety and...

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Paper cutout people holding hands

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Inside Gaggle: Interview with Gina Robertson

For the first six years of her career, Gina Robertson was a science teacher at Waconia Public Schools in Minnesota. From there, she launched into a...

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Student with device

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Suicide & Self-Harm: What Is Gaggle Seeing?

Here at Gaggle, our mission is to ensure the safety and well-being of students and schools by leveraging people and technology. If our technology...

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Young student with laptop

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How Are Elementary Students Doing?

With the continued prevalence of remote learning during the 2020–21 school year, K-12 districts across the country recognized the need to protect...

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