According to researchers Mary Keegan Eamon and Jun Sung Hong, children in areas with high crime rates viewed their schools as less safe while children who discussed their schoolwork with
parents felt safer at school.
Not exact matches
«While this may mean their children never get a certified education,» Adelman says, «
at least
parents feel the
school is part of their own community and they
feel safe sending their children there.»
Nearly all
parents report their student
feels both
safe and happy
at their scholarship
school.
«
Parents feel their children are
safer at school than
at play in their own neighborhood, but recent acts of
school violence have ignited debate over
school safety.
Eighty - eight percent of
parents feel their children are
safe at school — the highest figure ever recorded by the poll — compared to the 66 percent who believe their children are
safe playing in their neighborhood.
«Encouraging the involvement of
parents, educators, and community members so students
feel safe, challenged, and engaged
at school is critical to improving our country's education system, increasing graduation rates, and adding to our national economy.
When dropping their children off
at school, it is
safe to say that most
parents feel as if they are leaving their children in responsible hands.
We, as
parents, have the impossible job of explaining to our own children why a
school shooting took place
at all and somehow, why they should trust and
feel safe returning to their own
school the next day.