Latest School violence Stories
By Nickerson, Amanda B Martens, Matthew P Abstract. This study examined the extent to which three approaches to violence prevention and response were associated with the incidence of school crime and disruption after accounting for the influence of demographic variables. Secondary data analyses were conducted with four subsets of the sample of principals who completed the National Center for Education Statistics' School Survey on Crime and Safety. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses...
By NICHOLS, Lane AN ESCALATION of physical violence and emotional bullying in schools has sparked a major investigation by the children's commissioner amid increasing concerns about pupil safety. The move follows research showing violence toward New Zealand schoolchildren is high compared with other developed countries and that bullying is one of their biggest fears. Education Minister Chris Carter will today unveil his own anti- bullying package to make schools safer. It is in response...
By Madelyn Pennino State police Commissioner Jeffrey Miller told a group of about 50 educators Monday that preventing school violence starts with being prepared. Miller spoke at Millersville University as part of the school's two-day conference on school violence. Miller began his presentation with a slide show that chronicled the Nickel Mines school shooting tragedy. The Nickel Mines tragedy took place Oct. 2, 2006, when a gunman barricaded himself in an Amish schoolhouse in Bart...
By Lane, Kathleen Lynne Abstract Three-tiered models have been embraced by many schools to prevent and respond to antisocial behavior. However, many of these three-tiered models are incomplete or underdeveloped. Specifically, little attention has been devoted to studying how to (a) systematically identify students who require more focused secondary interventions and (b) build empirically-validated approaches to meet the behavioral and academic needs of students with or at risk for EBD. This...
By Fries, Kim; DeMitchell, Todd A ABSTRACT This exploratory research examines preservice and inservice teachers' perceptions of zero tolerance and this policy's relationship to notions of fairness. Employing both legal and qualitative methodologies, focus groups were convened and facilitated by the authors. An analysis of the transcripts from these two focus groups found that factors such as context, intent, history, and teacher judgment were absent from zero tolerance policies. From these...
By Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Wehby, Joseph H; Robertson, E Jemma; Rogers, Leslie Ann In this article, the authors examined (a) the accuracy of teacher nominations in identifying (N = 178) high school students with externalizing, internalizing, comorbid, and typical behavior patterns, as well as students who were receiving special education services for high-incidence disabilities, (b) the level of treatment fidelity and access to reinforcement for the different student groups, and (c) the degree...
By Jon Herskovitz and Kim Yoo-chul SEOUL (Reuters) - The old problem of school bullying has taken a modern twist in South Korea, where gangs use the latest communications technology and form mini-crime syndicates that combine gangs from several schools. With names such as the "Seoul Association," the syndicates, recently the target of a clampdown, linked bullying gang members from several schools in the capital Seoul to carry out extortion, assault, robbery and prostitution. South Korea's...
