Fall 2007 |
The Challenge of
School Violence
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Volume 13 No. 1
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In April, 2007, a lone gunman killed a student and an adult advisor in a dormitory at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He then express-mailed a multimedia suicide message to a major television network, armed himself with a second weapon and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, and crossed the Institute's campus to kill an additional 30 students and faculty and wound 15 others in classrooms before taking his own life. [more] Talking Points: Causes of School Violence School violence is a many-faceted
problem, making it difficult for researchers and practitioners to
pinpoint its causes. Many school violence statistics, for example, do
not match the norms in our larger society. A National
Crime Victimization Survey, compiled and maintained by the U.S.
Department of Justice, shows that overall crime rates in U.S. society
have fallen. Simultaneously, school-based studies reveal that many
violent behaviors have increased among children and adolescents. [more]
FYI: Service Learning: A School Violence Prevention Strategy Educators, school staff and administrators, and--most
important--students agree that school violence represents a real threat
to school safety and can deprive students--and teachers--of a safe and
productive learning environment. [more]
Provides materials and methods for conducting a civil conversation on school-based conflicts and a guide for building a service-learning action project . Three additional project plans provide step-by-step instructions for helping teen victims of crime and conducting teach-ins on bullying and mediation . Online Lesson
One: Conducting a Civil
Conversation School
Safety Resources
Links to many resources
dealing with the challenge of school violence and providing promising
practices for school safety.
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Conferences Research
Conference on Service-Learning & Community Engagement. The 2007 Assessment Institute National Youth Leadership Conference April 9-12, 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota The National Service-Learning Conference is the largest gathering of youths and practitioners involved in the service-learning movement. Connects participants with service-learning leaders in plenary sessions, featured forums, and service-project planning. Contact (800) 366-6952 or visit the website. [more]
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This Issue of Service-Learning NETWORK offers methods and materials to help schools deal with school violence by introducing this critical problem into the education agenda. NETWORK's Lead Article explores the nature of school violence, who it involves, and why it happens. Talking Points explores the scope, scale, and causes of school violence. FYI discusses the use of service learning as a proposed school-violence prevention strategy and offers a list of school safety project ideas. Online Lessons and Projects provides materials and methods for conducting a civil conversation on school-based conflicts and a guide for building a service- learning action project. Three additional project plans provide step-by-step instructions for helping teen victims of crime and conducting teach-ins on bullying and mediation. In addition to CRF's usual
service-learning resources, this issue of Service-Learning
NETWORK will offer new, updated links to School
Safety Resources and a list of upcoming service-learning Conferences.
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