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Tag: School violence

Designing a Safer School: How architects are working with communities to create more secure campuses

Wired Brand Lab, sponsored by the AIA

Part of a three-part series on safe school design

Resource Link:

https://www.wired.com/brandlab/2018/06/aia-blueprint-for-better/p/2

  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Collaborating organizations , Community engagement , Everyday violence , Long range solutions , Research , Resource officer , Safe schools , School violence , Secure entry , Stress in School , Student engagement , Students at risk , Youth violence

A New Sandy Hook Elementary School Opens

Education Week, Charles Borst, 8/1/2016

A narrative and photographic introduction to the school just after it opened

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Community engagement , Long range solutions , Safe schools , School violence , Secure entry

Barricade or Flee? Simulator Trains Educators and Police for School Shootings

Education Week, Evie, 9/25/2018

computer simulations used to train for crisis events, including school shootings; role playing scenarios; simulation can’t replace in-person training

Resource Link:

http://www.safeschools.info/emergency-management/emergency-management-resources

  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Arming teachers , Behavioral support , Collaborating organizations , Community engagement , Everyday violence , Learning outcomes , Research , Resource officer , Safe schools , School violence , Secure entry , Social / emotional learning , Stress in School , Student engagement , Students at risk , Teachers with guns , Youth violence

School Shootings Find a Dark Niche in Young Adult Fiction

Education Week, Mark Walsh, 9/28/2018

Digital self-harm is on the rise by children and young adults for reasons such as: drawing attention to themselves; trying to fit in; self-hatred to name a few.

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Behavioral support , Research , School violence , Student voice , Youth violence

‘You Better Make These Schools Safe’: As School Starts, Violence Is Top of Mind

Education Week, Evie Blad, 8/30/2018

Dealing with the question of could it happen here?

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Behavioral support , Collaborating organizations , Community engagement , Research , Safe schools , School violence , Secure entry , Stress in School , Student engagement , Students at risk , Youth violence

Student Activists, Teachers Unions Plan Youth Summit on Gun Violence

Education Week, Evie Blad, 8/29/2018

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Arming teachers , Behavioral support , Collaborating organizations , Community engagement , Long range solutions , Positive Mental health , Research , Safe schools , School violence , Social / emotional needs , Students at risk , Teachers with guns , Youth violence

Opinion: Teachers with Guns-it might be even worse than you think

The Hechinger Report, 8/6/2018

Equipping teachers with guns will add to the dangers students face rather than reduce them

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Arming teachers , Community engagement , Long range solutions , Positive Mental health , Safe schools , School violence , Students at risk , Teachers with guns , Youth violence

Arming Teachers Will Make Schools More Dangerous

Education Week, Chuck Cascio, 8/29/18

The danger is too great. A teacher’s gun should not become the accepted means for on trolling students’ physical conflicts

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Arming teachers , School violence , Teachers with guns

AASA Issues Statement on Proposal to Arm Teachers

copied from the website, 8/18/2018

Self-Explanatory

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Arming teachers , School violence , Teachers with guns

Early Evidence of a “Trump effect” on bullying in schools

The Hechinger Report, Jill Barshay, 9/17/2018

Research found that in Virginia, teasing and bullying was significantly higher in districts that voted for Trump. Trump has had an effect on children and in emboldening bullying behavior

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  • Educators, Students & Community
  • Behavioral support , Bullying , Cyberbullying , School violence , Students at risk , Trump effect , Youth violence
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