Fall 2007 |
The Challenge of
School Violence
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Volume 13 No. 1
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NETWORK Home
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Safety Resources See also "School Violence Links" on the CRF School Violence web site. Surveys, Studies, and Reports on School Violence Creating Safe Schools (National School Safety
Center. 1999.) Offers methods to develop and sustain school-community
partnerships for school safety. Indicators of School Crime and Safety (Bureau of Justice Statistics. 2006.) A Department of Justice study compiled annually. Issues Raised
by the Virginia Tech Tragedy (U.S Department of Health and Human
Services. 2007.) Explores school safety themes and
identifies existing school-safety strategies used by schools nationwide. Preventing School Violence (Association for
Supervision and Curriculum Development.2007.) Updated school safety
resources. Responding to Hate at School (Teaching Tolerance. 2006.) Everyday action, school-wide emergency response, long-range committment to addressing and preventing hate-motivated school behaviors. Service Learning: An Education Strategy for Preventing School Violence (Education Commission of the States. 1999.) Service-learning as a strategy to develop structures, support systems, model positive behaviors and experience meaningful consequences to unacceptable behavior.Stopping School Violence (National Crime Prevention Council. 2007.) Statististics, information, strategies, and publications on school violence and its prevention. Timeline of Recent School Shootings (InfoPlease: Society and Culture > Crime & Law Enforcement > Crime Data. 2007.) Updated timeline of school shootings worldwide. Violence and Discipline Problems in U.S. Public Schools (National Center for Education Statistics. 2004.) Information about crime and safety in U.S. public schools including frequency of incidents and efforts to prevent and reduce school crime. Violence in American Schools (Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence. 2004.) Reviews research on causes of youth violence and strategies to improve school and community safety. Warning Signs of Youth Violence (American Psychological Association Help Center. 2004.) Comprehensive fact and methods sheets on youth-violence warning signs and preventative measures. Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. 2001.) A comprehensive report on youth-violence issues. Youth
Violence: Fact Sheet (Center for Disease Control. 2007.)
Frequently updated statistics to provide an overview of youth violence
in the United States. Keep Schools Safe (National Association of Attorneys General and the National School Boards Association. 2007.) Keep Schools Safe provides resources on violence in schools for teachers, school administrators, parents, and students. National School Safety Center Resources to promote safe, secure and peaceful schools and to implement the prevention of school crime and violence. Parent Resources (National Parent Teacher Association. 2007.) Resources for parents to address youth violence in homes, schools, and communities. Prevention Against School Violence Fact Sheets (Prevention Institute. 2001.) Eight fact sheets designed to support the development of comprehensive school-violence prevention efforts. The Prevention Institute strives to address complex health and social issues by fostering systematic strategies designed to change conditions that impact community health. Prevention and Response to School Violence
(International
Association of Chiefs of Police. 2007.) Pevention and intervention
strategies emphasizing school, community,
family, law-enforcement and justice-system partnerships. Safe,
Secure and Healthy Schools (National Education Association. 2007.)
Strategies to address the root causes of violence among students. Safe
Schools Initiative (U.S. Secret Service and
U.S. Department of Education. 2006.) Survey on school shootings and
other
attacks with emphasis on prevention. School Violence (National Criminal Justice Reference Center. 2006.) Resources on school violence, victimization, and youth action projects. School Violence (National Youth Violence Prevention Center. 2007.) Articles, fact sheets, and recommended online resources for students, educators, and parents. Southwest Education Development Laboratory "School Safety" education-based methods to guide students who cause safety problems into becoming allies in resolving them. Teaching
Tolerance Teaching resources for dealing with school violence
such as bigotry, hate crimes, and bullying. Youth Violence Prevention Online (Center for
Disease Control. 2007.) A federal
resource for professionals, parents and youth working to prevent
violence committed by and against young people.
Cyberbullying.org Facts about and solutions for cyber-bullying. Anti-Bullying Activities (Teaching Tolerance) Bullying survey and quiz designed to increase awareness about bullying. National Bullying
Awareness Campaign (National Education Association) Information on bullying
and prevention. The ABCs of Bullying (Teaching Tolerance)
Resources to help educators, parents and students address bullying in
the classroom and beyond school walls. Tips for Students on Bullying
(Teaching Tolerance) Suggestions for what students can do when bullying
occurs. Kids Peace A national centers for kids overcoming crisis. The National Center for Victims of Crime The nation's leading resource and advocacy organization for crime victims.
Newspapers, Magazines and Broadcast Media CNN: Are Our Schools Safe? An in-depth special
feature. New York Times Topics: Gun Control New York Times Topics: Virginia Tech Shooting Teacher Talk: Violence in the Schools From Teacher Talk, a new publication for secondary school teachers. USA Today Coverage on the Columbine Shootings Washington Post's coverage of the Columbine Shootings Yahoo Full Coverage: School Violence Yahoo Full Coverage: Virginia Tech Shootings School Violence: Fears Versus Facts by Dewey G. Cornell School Shootings and School Violence: A Hot Issue by Barbara C. Cruz. At Issue Series: School Shootings by Susan C. Hunnicut. Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine S. Newman.
Lessons on Tolerance and Violence Education World Five lessons for teaching tolerance, for students of all grade levels. The lessons include "Bursting Stereotypes," "How tolerant are kids in your school?," "Those Tear-me-apart, put-me-back-together, never be the same again blues," " Teaching about tolerance through music," and "Everybody is unique: a lesson in respect for other's differences."
Association for Conflict Resolution "Teaching Students to be Peacemakers." Conflict Mediation Programs An array of articles on how peer mediation can be helpful in solving problems at schools.
High School Violence List A place to voice your opinion on the reasons behind the apparent increase in violent death in today's high schools. Why are the levels of violence increasing? Who's to blame? What are the solutions? Safe
Schools Newsletter This e-newsletter talks with professionals
(police, fire, rescue, security personnel, doctors, etc.) about
measures you can take as a parent, guardian, teacher, school
administrator or concerned citizen to protect your children in school.
List members can also talk about how to protect our children. To
subscribe, send an e-mail with your FIRST and LAST NAME in the body of
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