Image courtesy of GotCredit on Flickr As citizens of the wealthiest nation on earth, Americans are committed to providing a social safety net for friends, neighbors and even strangers who are going through tough times. But they have little patience for people who take advantage of their generosity, and those who cross that line risk […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb6xH3BLeO0 If there’s one thing school teachers anticipate each day, it’s to expect the unexpected. Kim Frankson, Jess Johnson and Laurie Ortel work at Ashley Elementary in Frisco. They’ve perfected the art of multi-tasking but a single text message in December brought it all to a stop. The message came from an app called “Stop It”, […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fECydYqroyI DICKSON, Tenn. (WKRN) – Reporting bullying incidents in-person to school faculty and staff can be an uncomfortable experience for students. But new technology is helping to make it easier and may be helping to curb an age-old problem — bullying, both seen and unseen. “A kid had taken his mashed potatoes off his tray and […]

FRISCO — The teenager’s first message arrived late-morning the Thursday before winter break. At Frisco ISD’s Ashley Elementary School, assistant principal Jess Johnson and counselor Laurie Ortel were in principal Kim Frankson’s office for a weekly meeting when Frankson’s phone lit up with a new notification. Since the beginning of the school year when the district […]

HOLMDEL, N.J., Feb. 13, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — STOPit Solutions, the leader in Anonymous Reporting and Incident Management for education across the country, has announced the availability of its new SEL Resource Center in a one-of-a kind joint offering. STOPit is continuing to see unrivaled adoption of its core reporting and management platform; “In the past school year, over […]

ELIMINATING THE FEAR OF REPORTING When it comes to preventing harassment in the workplace, most of the individuals we spoke to agreed that most companies fail on two fronts–creating an environment where employees feel comfortable reporting any incidents of harassment or discrimination, and having an effective process to hold the perpetrators accountable. Many of the apps […]