School Safety Information
School safety is a major concern of parents, guardians, teachers, administrators, citizens of all persuasions, and most of all, children. These concerns run the gamut from the need for schools to have safe playground equipment to real worry about bullying, physical assaults, actual physical injury and death. A terrible price is paid by children in this environment. Concern about the physical safety of their children is major reason some parents choose to provide home schooling for them. It seems that almost weekly there are news stories about actual and planned murders of students by students and teachers by students. The terrible lessons of Columbine and more recently the shootings at Red Lake Minnesota underscore the dangers that teachers and students face, even in the most unlikely of locations.
There is not now, nor will there ever be an end to opinions, programs and recommendations about school safety. It is a multicausational problem rooted in the culture itself and is not easily defined. Anti-social and narcissistic attitudes, a sense of entitlement, a disregard for the value of authority and rules, and a lack of willingness to enforce consequences all contribute to this problem. Some kids feel alienated and act out their anger in the worst possible way. Teachers worry for their students and for their own physical safety. Parents worry about everything. So here we go. The sources below offer helpful information about school safety, as well as practical advice about reducing violence in the schools.
A Time Line of Recent Worldwide School Shootings
Results of a 1999 CNN Poll on School Safety
National School Safety Center
North Carolina Governor's Task Force Report 1999
An Overview of Research on Girls and Violence
Improving School Violence Prevention Programs Through Meaningful Evaluation
Trends and Issues: School Safety and Violence Prevention
Developing Social Competence in Children
Annual Report on School Safety
White House Conference on School Safety 1998
Keep Schools Safe Organization
Indicators of School Crime and Safety, 1998
Choices in Preventing Youth Violence
Criminal Justice Resources: School Safety and Violence
Back to School Safety Tips - Look for Hidden Hazards
Statistics & Quotes Involving School Safety
APA Warning Signs of Teen Violence
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