Sentences with phrase «students are safer at school»

Research data shows that students are safer at school than away from schools (Position Statement on Safe Schools, 2000).

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NBC 6 spoke to the older brother of one student, who said his sister, a sophomore, was safe but «trembling in shock» at the scene unfolding at her high school.

Earlier in the day, about two dozen teachers at Stoneman Douglas waved signs in front of the school and said they did not want to be armed with guns in order to keep students safe.

Now, you heard one of the students say they're not going to feel safe going back to school when the doors eventually open at Douglas High, because they want to see some change, they want to see some action.

All of the students were able to stay at Wiley for the school year due to the McKinney - Vento Act, federal legislation that gives those kids at least one safe, stable, nurturing place.

For example, a health impact assessment conducted by the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project found that when schools implement healthier standards for snack and a la carte foods, students are more likely to purchase a school meal — a change that improves children's diets and school budgets at the same time, because schools earn reimbursements for meal sales.

«Our Senate Republican Majority is hard at work on a comprehensive school safety plan that will ensure the state provides the support necessary to strengthen school security and keep students safe,» he said.

Action despite partisanship is the core of the Cuomo narrative (he articulated it this week during a speech to David Gergen and students at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government) but the SAFE Act did lasting damage to his political standing with moderates and Republicans who admired his fiscal management.

The SAFE Act passed the New York State Legislature in a whirlwind January 2013 vote, soon after 26 people — 20 students and six adults — were shot and killed on Dec. 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn..

Levels of gang activity in a school are also closely related to its safety, and some schools may be safe for some students and not for others (e.g. a gay student is at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many schools, and black students are at higher risk of personal safety concerns in many rural predominantly white schools).

Parents work hard to get into the «right» school mostly in the belief that the «right» school will have more students at a similar level of academic development to their child that is also more safe, and has programs and resources that will foster more student growth as a result.

«My students are curious on how and what is being done to put an end to the violence in places they once felt safe,» said Brittny Collins, the high school social worker at the school.

Students at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schooStudents at Buffalo Academy of Science Charter School are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsSchool are organizing a forum on school gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsschool gun violence to be held at 2 p.m. May 22 at their school, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsschool, located at 190 Franklin St.. The students have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoostudents have invited members of the Buffalo School Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schoolsSchool Board along with elected officials to the «Stop the Killing» forum to answer questions about how to make their communities and schools safe.

Among those middle and high school students who had the lowest levels of resilience, their ability to learn and feel safe at school was negatively affected many times.

«Our students and families are excited because the preventive dental care takes place at school, a safe and caring learning environment that's a second home to them.

### Kaitlin Pearson, a 23 - year - old special education teacher at South Street Elementary School in Repetto Safe School Survey - As Repetto revises its Comprehensive Safe School Plan, it is important to involve all stakeholders, which include students

The Seminole County, Fla., school district is taking steps to reassure the public that its schools are safe after a student was fatally wounded in a standoff with police at a middle school.

Sadowski, author of Safe Is Not Enough: Better Schools for LGBTQ Students and on faculty at Bard College, adds, «Even LGBTQ issues in general are relegated to a small segment of a diversity class or a youth development course if they're covered at all.

Lucian Boyd Harte, director of finance and operations at Chelsea Academy in London, noted that parents were supporters of the change because it reduces risks: «This removes the students» need to carry cash into school on public transport, and makes paying for school items more secure and safer for our students.»

This article looks at how certain French schools have started to allow students to smoke on the premises after the November terrorist attacks in Paris and the state of emergency, alleging that students would be safer smoking at school than outside.

The safe harbor provision in NCLB was a crude way to measure growth, but it at least attempted to account for the fact that not all students come in with the same achievement levels and we can't expect schools to erase those gaps in a single year.

At this point in 2010, we remain far from the ultimate goal of all teachers of goodwill: to create schools that are truly safe and welcoming for everyone, including LGBT students.

Students being healthy and feeling safe at school are among our family and community goals.

Interestingly, feeling safe at school and feeling connected to school were the school climate factors found to be most protective of students» mental and emotional wellbeing following transition.

So, for example, we asked students whether they feel happy, safe and secure at school; whether they find the work they do is interesting or a lot of fun or whether they get excited about the work that they do.

At the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense of assumption of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack of supervision at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleadeAt the same time, though, courts have refused to apply the defense of assumption of risk when educators failed to provide adequate supervision such as where a competitor in a track and field meet was struck by an errant discus while standing in a safe zone; a student was injured during an indoor (American) football practice when he slipped on a wet gym floor where coaches failed to provide proper supervision or after another player was injured due to the lack of supervision at a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleadeat a practice; coaches did not warn a student sufficiently about the dangers of diving into a pool; coaches conducted a track practice in a high school hallway that unreasonably increased a student's risk of injury; and a coach lacked enough experience to provide adequate supervision to avoid injury to a cheerleader.

When School Isn't Safe LGBTQ students can feel «isolated and alone and rejected» when peers and teachers don't accept them, says Tracie Jones, who runs student diversity and inclusion programs at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE).

These bushfire safety upgrades — combined with the newly funded school emergency SMS service and existing school emergency plans like closing on Code Red days and off - site evacuation protocols — mean students in Victoria's high bushfire risk areas are safer at school.

To help all students feel safe and supported at school, to help every child feel free to discover who they are without judgment, and to promote a school climate of respect and inclusivity, it is important to do the following:

Because we know, however, that students can not learn effectively and teachers can not teach effectively if they do not feel safe, then educational effectiveness is directly connected to feeling and being safe at school.

Valor Collegiate is the only school in the state to be in the top 1 percent in academic achievement and growth, and more than 80 percent of Valor students say they feel safe and connected to others at the school.

For example, when a principal is «monitoring» student dismissal at 3 p.m., that responsibility should be viewed as both management and leadership, Dr. Alvy said, because the principal is making sure students are safe as they are leaving school and taking the opportunity to talk with students, teachers, and bus drivers about the day and important educational issues — such as, «Monica, I heard you did great on your math test yesterday; well done!»

In the event of student displacement as a result of an immigration raid, ensure that each child knows what to do and whom to call if there is no adult supervision at home and communicate directly with families to assure them that their children will continue to be safe at school, during off - campus school activities, and on school buses.

When working toward success at school for transgender students, it is paramount for youth to identify an adult with whom they feel safe.

In the event of a workplace immigration raid in the district, implement a plan to protect the safety of all immigrant students and brief principals and other school staff about their role in ensuring child well - being, coordinate with churches and community organizations to ensure that each student has adult supervision at home, and assure parents that schools will be a safe haven for their children.

Know Your Rights Every student has the right to be safe at school.

Crime outside is an issue for students walking to and from school and having resources at home remain safe.»

School districts are trying a variety of strategies aimed at creating safe and welcoming school environments, but there is controversy over the role and frequency of student surveys, and how to useSchool districts are trying a variety of strategies aimed at creating safe and welcoming school environments, but there is controversy over the role and frequency of student surveys, and how to useschool environments, but there is controversy over the role and frequency of student surveys, and how to use them.

In identity safe classrooms, teachers strive to ensure that students feel their identity is an asset rather than a barrier to success at school.

Each such employee shall be required to complete at least one training course in school violence prevention and intervention, which shall consist of at least two clock hours of training that includes but is not limited to, study in the warning signs within a developmental and social context that relate to violence and other troubling behaviors in children; the statutes, regulations, and policies relating to a safe nonviolent school climate; effective classroom management techniques and other academic supports that promote a nonviolent school climate and enhance learning; the integration of social and problem solving skill development for students within the regular curriculum; intervention techniques designed to address a school violence situation; and how to participate in an effective school / community referral process for students exhibiting violent behavior.

At the elementary - and middle - school levels, parents want academic programs and a safe environment, and here charter schools are able to compete for conventional students.

Nor of the fact just 8 % of religious private school students reported that physical violence was a big problem and 7 % that they did not feel safe at their school, as compared with 39 % and 27 %, respectively, of public school students.

Dear Parents and Guardians, At Hollywood High School, we care about the safety and well - being of our students, and are committed to creating safe, productive school environments so your child can learn and thrive for suSchool, we care about the safety and well - being of our students, and are committed to creating safe, productive school environments so your child can learn and thrive for suschool environments so your child can learn and thrive for success.

TLPI defines a «trauma - sensitive school» as «[a school] in which all students feel safe, welcomed, and supported, and where addressing trauma's impact on learning is at the center of its educational mission.»

While students throughout PA have been begging adults to take action to make their schools safer, some Republican lawmakers were in Harrisburg laughing and joking about wanting to watch students train to throw rocks at an active shooter in their classrooms.

Sadly, we have seen loss of life among students from anaphylaxis onset at schools across the U.S. Epinephrine is safe, has no absolute contradictions, and delays morbidity and mortality (NASN, 2015).

Feeling safe and supported at school is even more important for students who may have been abused.

The issue for schools all around the country is that for students who are deemed «at - risk», the very over-aged and under - credited students we have committed to serve, there is no «safe» way to enroll and save these students except by going beyond the four years that we have to give them an education.

At its foundation, equity in education requires a physically and emotionally safe and positive school climate in which students are respected and encouraged by adults who hold high expectations.

Its goal is to provide a safe and supportive school climate by creating consistency across a school and meeting the unique needs of students at varying levels of behavioral and social / emotional development.