F. Chris Curran of UF has received $1.9 million from the Bureau of Justice Assistance to develop a more accurate safety dashboard for Florida schools. The main goal is to prepare schools to be better equipped to track and respond to emergent concerns, such as disruptive student behavior and threats to safety.

“In prior work, we’ve found that around half of states do not have publicly available school-level data on student behavior or discipline,” Curran said. “Where the data do exist, they are often in formats that are difficult for educators and other stakeholders to use to inform practice.”

• Frank Curran