Sentences with phrase «reducing school violence»

Discuss the rationale and foundations for reducing school violence and the key findings of the Safe School Initiative's study of targeted school violence.

Mr. Breunlin implemented the Peaceable Schools Initiative, designed to personalize a high school environment with the two-fold goal of improving performance of non-traditional learners and reducing school violence; published studies have documented the efficacy of this program.

Researchers also found significant effects in reducing school violence.

The Philadelphia Inquirer today called on the Philadelphia School District to take a new approach to reducing school violence in the district, as a report on violence in Philly schools is about to be released.

The CDC recommends various strategies for promoting school connectedness and reducing school violence.

One approach to reducing school violence that has re-emerged is «profiling.»

The U.S. House responded to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre on Wednesday by voting overwhelmingly in favor of legislation aimed at helping reduce school violence.

Education Code 32270 (2003) establishes a statewide school safety cadre to facilitate interagency coordination and collaboration among school districts, youth - serving agencies, community - based organizations, and law enforcement agencies to improve school attendance, encourage good citizenship, and reduce school violence, crimes, gang membership and violence, truancy, bullying, and discrimination and harassment.

Here are his brief suggestions about how parents can directly and indirectly help reduce school violence and promote school safety:

The federal government funds state and local efforts to reduce school violence.

According to the American Psychological Association's Zero Tolerance Task Force, there is no hard evidence that exclusionary policies reduce school violence.

While SWPBIS focuses primarily on building social and emotional skills, the Safe and Responsive Schools (SRS) project aims to reduce school violence and improve student behavior.

Data from New York City show that restorative practices like peer - mediation correlate with reduced school violence.

In an April 20, 2013, article for Think Progress, reporter Aviva Shen described how measures such as increased security personnel have failed to reduce school violence, and may even have a role in exacerbating it:

The U.S. House responded to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre on Wednesday by voting overwhelmingly in favor of legislation aimed at helping reduce school violence.

Not exact matches

If America wants to confront its gun violence problem, then, the research suggests it should look to reducing the number of guns in circulation — not putting more armed people into schools.

President Donald Trump initially seemed open to raising the age limit for rifle sales, but a plan from his administration to reduce gun violence instead called for funding to train school staffers to carry guns.

Republicans and Democrats Agree Arming Teachers don't make schools safer TALLAHASSEE — Less than two weeks after the Parkland shooting, Florida Republicans are playing politics with public safety and embracing one of Donald Trump's most widely derided proposals to reduce gun violence.

After the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School, more than 4,000 pastors signed on to a letter initiated by 12 clergy in Newtown calling for commonsense solutions to reduce gun violence.

API promotes parenting practices that create strong, healthy emotional bonds between children and their parents and as a result changes everything from the dynamic of a family to that of communities by improving school readiness to reducing violence.

If U.S. federal violence containment spending was reduced by 5 % each year for 5 years, the $ 326 billion saved funds would be sufficient to entirely update the energy grid, rebuild all levies, and renew the nation's school infrastructure.

Supporting families, so that they thrive, reduces violence, increases school success, reduces anxiety and depression in parents and children, reduces divorce rates, and increases family resiliency.

According to the study, more parental monitoring led to less total screen time for kids and reduced exposure to media violence, which in turn led to benefits such as improved sleep, lower BMI, better school performance, improved social behavior, and reduced aggression.

In Albany, lawmakers have been debating a variety of measures that seek to reduce gun violence or bolster school security, ranging from bans on bump stocks supported by Democrats and some Republicans to GOP - led efforts to expand school resource officers at schools in New York.

ALBANY, N.Y. (WBEN / AP)-- The Democrat - controlled state Assembly on Tuesday passed legislation aimed at reducing gun violence in the state, a day after Republicans who control New York's Senate approved bills that focus on school safety but don't address the gun control issue.

«While still relatively new in New York state, the community school program has already demonstrated its value here and nationally by increasing student performance and reducing level of violence, bulling and other problem behaviors.»

Stefanik, who just returned from a weeklong trip to Eastern Europe, rolled out a slew of legislation this week, including bills to cull school violence and measures to reduce military spouse unemployment.

Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace says SRO's have proven to be successful in reducing violence and illegal drug activity in schools and homes in the past.

Lansing also added «The new Oneida County Youth Development and Violence Prevention Coalition will be a partnership of the area's community based organizations, school district representatives, government agency staff and law enforcement officials who will be coming together to develop the new programs, strategies and tactics necessary to address the issues raised in the new assessment and continue the progress made in our county in reducing youth violence and increasing opportunities for positive youth deveViolence Prevention Coalition will be a partnership of the area's community based organizations, school district representatives, government agency staff and law enforcement officials who will be coming together to develop the new programs, strategies and tactics necessary to address the issues raised in the new assessment and continue the progress made in our county in reducing youth violence and increasing opportunities for positive youth deveviolence and increasing opportunities for positive youth development.

Anne Lansing, Executive Director of Utica Safe Schools and President of the Oneida County Youth Services Council said «The updated assessment that is being provided today recognizes the progress made in reducing youth violence and enhancing youth development.

Other interventions, such as in - home visitation by nurses and therapeutic foster care as an alternative to juvenile incarceration, and universal school - based violence prevention programs have proven effective, and expanding these programs could reduce the numbers of injuries even further.»

While teen dating violence prevention programs increased knowledge and changed student attitudes to be less supportive of such behavior, they did not actually reduce dating violence, according to this meta - analysis of research on middle - and high school intervention programs, report investigators.

Gun violence restraining orders (GVROs) are a promising strategy for reducing firearm homicide and suicide in the United States, and should be considered by states seeking to address gun violence, researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the University of California, Davis, argue in a new report.

Study: «A Meta - Analysis of School - Based Interventions Aimed to Prevent or Reduce Violence in Teen Dating Relationships» Authors: Lisa De La Rue (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign); Joshua R. Polanin (Vanderbilt University); Dorothy Espelage (University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign); Therese D. Pigott (Loyola University Chicago)

A recent episode of Freakonomics Radio looks at an effort to reduce violence and dropout rates among young men in the Chicago Public Schools using a very inexpensive intervention: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

The Philadelphia school district has formed a commission to find ways to reduce violence in the classrooms of city schools, including decreasing the number deemed «persistently dangerous» under the No Child Left Behind law and helping implement recommendations from state safety audits on 25 dangerous schools.

Social and Emotional Learning: «Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace....

For example in the United States, Pinellas County (Florida) school district found as far back as the late 1990s that the presence of surveillance cameras was a sufficient deterrent to considerably reduce most of the violence and defacement that had overwhelmed district schools in the past.

Although those efforts have reduced the rate of student - to - student violence somewhat, the percentage of students who are victims of some type of school violence each year still stands at between 7 and 10 percent.

This evaluation problem is further complicated by the fact that schools have goals other than cognitive achievement (for instance, promoting citizenship, fostering individual development, and reducing drug use and violence) that are difficult to measure and are often achieved only with teachers» cooperation.

Research shows that promoting social and emotional skills leads to reduced violence and aggression among children, higher academic achievement, and an improved ability to function in schools and in the workplace.

Perhaps it is possible for large, high - poverty schools to reduce suspensions without increasing disorder or violence — but it would take strong leadership, engaging teaching, ample mental health supports, and much else.

The separate studies credit small schools with reducing the negative effects of poverty on student achievement, reducing student violence, increasing parent involvement, and making students feel accountable for their behavior and grades.

Memphis Recognized for Curbing Urban School Violence The city of Memphis, TN is being recognized for its efforts in reducing juvenile violence in urban Violence The city of Memphis, TN is being recognized for its efforts in reducing juvenile violence in urban violence in urban schools.

One might reasonably assume that principals need to reduce violence and improve school culture before they can succeed in getting kids to learn more.

Schools that reduced violence and improved school climate tended not to produce academic gains afterwards.

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To dramatically reduce violence and work towards a more peaceful world where individuals have better self — esteem and better conflict resolutions skills, instruction in peaceful living must be intentional and school climate, policies, and practices need to shift to be more caring and responsive to learner

During the holiday season and throughout the year, consider how a tax - deductible contribution of $ 30, $ 100, $ 500, $ 1,000 or another amount would support CEI's collaborative work with Operation Respect and help to reduce violence and further compassion and caring in communities and schools.

As a result, MindUP ™ dramatically improves peer relationships and pro-social behavior, reducing Principal referrals, bullying and school violence.