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Are Schools Safe?
School should be a safe haven, free of crime and violence. But parents who think of school as a place where a child's ...
Source: Education.com
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Thinking About School Safety
Some of the most important lessons that have been learned about school safety are less concerned with what goes on in ...
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Organizing For School Safety
The mission of the school is one key element of its organizational structure. As many of the recommendations in this ...
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Safe Schools Can Be Achieved
Despite ambivalence regarding various issues related to school safety, the fact remains that most schools in the United ...
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Monitoring Playground Safety
Each year in the United States, more than 200,000 children go to hospital emergency rooms with injuries that happened ...
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Violence Prevention in Our Schools: Promoting a Sense of Belonging
The issue of school safety and school violence has received attention for a number of years. Certainly the tragedy at ...
Source: Dr. Robert Brooks
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School Violence and the News
As terrible and frightening as incidents of school violence are, they are rare. Although it may not seem that way, the ...
Source: The Nemours Foundation
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School Violence in the News: What Parents Need to Know
While anxiety over school violence is understandable, media reportage of such incidents can exacerbate the problem, ...
Source: Education.com
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Zero-Tolerance Policies
IntroductionNot that long ago, students would be sent to the principal's office as the ultimate penalty for breaking a ...
Source: NYU Child Study Center
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School Violence: “Are You Ready?”
Random thoughts and observations from the most preeminent national authority on school violence/shootings: ...
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School Safety and Security: A Concern for Parents
Your child’s school hasn’t had a crisis that warrants national news coverage, but you’ve become ...
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What Parents Can Do to Keep Kids Safe at School
Advice for parents on making sure their kids stay safe at school and while traveling to and from school For ...
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School Violence
Students enjoy more physical safety inside the doors of their schools than they do elsewhere (Devoe et al., 2002; ...
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Keeping Schools Safe
In the 2003-2004 school year, 44% of public schools reported at least one violent incident to the police, and 21 ...
Source: Education.com
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A Caring School Community: Connecting to School
The ideas described in the preceding sections represent ways that students can forge bonds with their school. The value ...
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The Choking Game
Young people need to understand that the Choking Game is not a game and that it is very dangerous. You may remember ...
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School Safety
Key Facts An estimated 14 million unintentional injuries are sustained by children ages 0-14 each year. Of these ...
Source: Safe Kids Kansas
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Parents Be a Role Model for Your Child
Here is what we can all do to help keep our children “violence-free”Parents and caregivers are vital to the ...
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Racism and Schools
Students of different ethnic groups (Latinos, Asians, Native Americans, African Americans, and European Americans) learn...
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Is It Time to Change Schools?
Many school districts now offer quite a few choices such as magnet schools, charters, or even alternate neighborhood...
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Strong Families: The Cornerstone Of Safe Schools And Communities
Capable and committed parents are the bedrock on which strong families are built. In this article, it is necessary to...
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When to Pay Attention: Warning Signs of Potential Violence In Teens
There are many resources that list the warning signs of potential violence. Though this information can be quite useful,...
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School Safety: Three Steps To Keep The Peace
The recent tragic school shooting reminds us of the important role each child and each adult has in maintaining the...
