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Service Learning--A School Violence Prevention Strategy  (Fall 2007, Vol. 13, No. 1)

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.

According to "Service-Learning: An Education strategy for Preventing School Violence," schools can address this problem as part of the educational agenda. They can provide meaningful educational structures that young people recognize on their own terms. They can offer students emotional as well as academic support, establish clear guidelines defining what behaviors are appropriate and which are not, and develop restorative responses to misconduct.