Sentences with phrase «school violence reflect»

Fifty - eight percent of American teenagers say episodes of school violence reflect the overall mood of teens today.

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Much like a character in The Walking Dead, schools today are confronted with a difficult moral decision: disregard graphic violence in video games and media at the risk of casting our youth adrift, or make allowances for graphic content as a means to productively reflect on and contextualize violence.

«Schools reflect what happens in communities --[their] guns, drugs and violence,» Riley told Education World.

In this EdCast, Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, reflects on the Newtown shooting, school violence, gun control, and how, above all, we must continue to...

The mounting emphasis on early - childhood education, the renewed interest in community schools — with services for adults and neighborhoods as well as for children — and the movement to create trauma - informed classrooms for children exposed to violence all reflect this trend.

Attorneys for 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz, the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, have cited his chronic battle with mental illness, family trauma and a fascination with guns and violence that was reflected in his social media profile and school disciplinary history.

Some definitions of physical abuse do not include perpetrator intent; others reflect motive rather than injury type.3 Additionally, definitions of physical abuse are culturally determined, and what is considered abusive in one society may not be in another.4, 5 In many societies, physical violence against children as a method of punishment is endorsed by parents, sanctioned by societal institutions (such as schools) and allowed by law.