Sentences with phrase «study school violence»

A group of academics who study school violence recently released a list of suggestions that includes restricting gun access and increasing mental health services.

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Along with the possibility of raising the age for purchasing a gun, the commission will study the effects of factors such as violent video games that contribute to what DeVos called a «culture of violence» in U.S. schools.

(Including Violence Profile No. 13),» prepared for the Study Committee of the Communications Commission of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., September 21, 1984 (Annenberg School of Communications, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA 19104), pp. 2 - 3.

Having grown up in the disproportionately Christian state of Kerala in southern India and studied at a church - run school, Narayanan condemned the Hindu nationalists thought to be responsible for violence against Muslims and resisted efforts to shift the secular education system.

In a recent article on FoxNews.com, Parents Television Council president Tim Winter comments on a 2004 study from the Harvard School of Public Health showing evidence that today's movies contain significantly more violence, sex and profanity than movies of the same rating a decade ago.

Dr. George Gerbner, Dean of the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Pennsylvania, released his 17th Violence Profile at the study committee «s hearing on September 21, l984.

The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, which is recognized by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence, recently noted that, if your child is suddenly taking illogical routes, avoiding familiar paths, skipping the bus, or even resisting school attendance altogether, they could all be signs they're experiencing bullying.

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.

The depths and extent of that shameful relationship has been revealed in a new report, A Shameful Relationship: UK Complicity in Saudi State Violence by David Wearing, a researcher at the School of Oriental & African Studies.

The Post's interviews with parents and staffers at JHS / MS 80, as well as public documents, painted a picture of a school where students are allowed to shirk their studies, hurt each other and play on computers in rat - infested buildings, while administrators turned a blind eye and even discouraged staffers from reporting violence.

Students at the elite Beacon School were asked to pause from their studies last week to pay tribute to the victims of violence in Gaza, where some 60 Palestinians were killed the day before by Israeli soldiers.

«Most people with mental illness are not violent toward others and most violence is not caused by mental illness, but you would never know that by looking at media coverage of incidents,» says study leader Emma E. «Beth» McGinty, PhD, MS, an assistant professor in the departments of Health Policy and Management and Mental Health at the Bloomberg School.

«We know that workplace violence disproportionately impacts health care and social service providers,» said Bride, who is director of the School of Social Work in the university's Andrew Young School of Policy Studies.

These behaviors predict more serious adverse outcomes later in life, such as substance abuse, delinquency, and violence, explains study leader Anne Riley, PhD, professor in the Department of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health.

This Childhood Stress study, led by Chilton with several Drexel graduates in the School of Public Health, used both quantitative and qualitative methods to gather information about 31 Philadelphia mothers» experience with deprivation, abuse, violence and neglect, as well as their experiences with hunger, education and employment and more.

«Although prior studies had shown that sport outcomes influence reckless driving, heart attacks, and even domestic violence, no one had examined how they influence eating,» says Yann Cornil, researcher at INSEAD Business School and lead author of the study.

Results of a Johns Hopkins School of Nursing - led study on intimate partner violence show that pregnant victims saw a significant reduction in exposure to such acts after participating in the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Programviolence show that pregnant victims saw a significant reduction in exposure to such acts after participating in the Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation ProgramViolence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE).

«Our study indicates that increases in gun violence in our schools can result from disappointment and despair during periods of increased unemployment, when getting an education does not necessarily lead to finding work.»

A rigorous Northwestern University study of a quarter - century of data has found that economic insecurity is related to the rate of gun violence at K - 12 and postsecondary schools in the United States.

Although many states have taken steps to require dating violence prevention as part of standard health curriculum in middle or high schools, not all take the additional step of providing funding to implement and study these programs.

For their analysis, researchers used the results of 23 rigorous studies on the short - and long - term impact of school - based interventions on student knowledge of teen dating violence, attitudes toward teen dating violence, and frequency of perpetration or victimization in adolescent intimate partner relationships.

School - based studies in the past have found that nearly 9 percent of ninth through 12th graders experience physical dating violence, and 10 percent to 25 percent experience dating violence when including both physical and verbal aggression.

,» said Rebecca Macy, a researcher who works with violence and trauma survivors who headed up the study at the UNC School of Social Work.

Now, in a new study in 29 low - income and middle - income countries, researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health have identified yet another serious health risk associated with intimate partner violence (IPV): smoking.

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)

After working with the Defenders I decided that I wanted to go to law school to study domestic violence law and public policy.

single, old - school history buff, love to read history, study Japanese, speak spanish, english, don't watch tv, or modern movies, which glorify violence, sex, and ignorance, which explains the ignorance in society today, not a couch potato.

In an atmosphere of conflicting and inconclusive studies, schools tend to steer clear of graphic violence, operating under the implicit presumption that consuming violent media will translate into violent behavior.

The central hypothesis of the study is that tutoring combined with mentoring would decrease violence in the public schools — something that Chicago, a city in which violent crime has plagued the public schools in recent years, sorely needs.

New York University's Child Study Center produced this guide for parents, which provides advice for helping teens cope with school violence.

Studies suggest that adolescent girls are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence, harassment and exploitation, including in school settings.

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.

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«Research has shown that community violence has large, short - term impacts on children's attention and impulse control, both of which are central to students» ability to learn in school,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skischool,» says Dana Charles McCoy, assistant professor of education at Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skiSchool of Education, who has studied the impact of neighborhood environments on the development of children's cognitive and socioemotional skills...

According to a study by researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Brandeis University, one of the greatest predictors of violence and aggression in children is their level of inhibition or social withdrawal.

For the past three decades I've studied childhood violence and wrote the «Proposal to End School Violence» (passed into California law: SB1667) based on what educators can do to boost campus safety and reduce the likelihood of a school sviolence and wrote the «Proposal to End School Violence» (passed into California law: SB1667) based on what educators can do to boost campus safety and reduce the likelihood of a school shoSchool Violence» (passed into California law: SB1667) based on what educators can do to boost campus safety and reduce the likelihood of a school sViolence» (passed into California law: SB1667) based on what educators can do to boost campus safety and reduce the likelihood of a school shoschool shooting.

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.

A recent Commonwealth Foundation blog post offers a series of articles and studies that point to the role of education and the lack odf school choice in crime and violence.

More importantly, as Linda Raffaele Mendez and Howard Knoff of the University of South Florida have noted in a 2003 study, the use of out - of - school suspensions has little value as a deterrent against violence in schools.

Recently, a meta - analysis of over 200 studies by Joe Durlak and colleagues published in Child Development found that in schools intentionally implementing comprehensive and continuous social - emotional learning programs, students attitudes toward school and learning improved, they gained an average of over 10 points on standardized academic tests, and their problem behaviors, including violence, diminished.

Wide Scope, Questionable Quality: Three Reports from the Study on School Violence and Prevention (2000) investigates the extent of problem behavior in schools nationally and several aspects of delinquency prevention efforts in schools, such as the types and quality of prevention efforts, how schools plan and use information about prevention options to improve their own efforts and school management, and sources of funding for school prevention activSchool Violence and Prevention (2000) investigates the extent of problem behavior in schools nationally and several aspects of delinquency prevention efforts in schools, such as the types and quality of prevention efforts, how schools plan and use information about prevention options to improve their own efforts and school management, and sources of funding for school prevention activschool management, and sources of funding for school prevention activschool prevention activities.

Violence in the Schools A special issue of Teacher Talk, from the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University

The study examines: (1) the prevalence of research - based drug and violence prevention programs in schools and (2) the extent to which research - based drug and violence prevention programs adhere to the program features on which they are based (or the program's implementation fidelity).

An earlier NCES study found that 18 percent of the nation's schools accounted for 75 percent of the reported incidents of violence, and 6.6 percent accounted for 50 percent.

In this qualitative study, drawing from social - ecological and critical theories, multiple factors, such as the ability - level and gender of the child, school policies, and the prevalent stigma surrounding disability are examined to understand how they interact to shape educators» attitudes and responses to violence.

Violence at school exists in every country of the world, spanning across cultures, classes, education levels, and abilities, including in Zambia, the country that is the focus of this study.

BPS Civics Teacher Neema Avashia on Gun Violence Civics teacher and BTU History & Social Studies Committee member Neema Avashia writes on WBUR, Yes, Schools Should Be Safe — But So Should Students» Neighborhoods.

This study explores the role that educators» attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors play in responding to school violence against students with disabilities in Zambia.

At Match Education, she supported in - district high school math tutoring programs, including a gold - standard study by the University of Chicago Urban Education Lab on the efficacy of 2:1 tutoring in improving outcomes and reducing violence in at - risk youth.

She has authored policy studies on school finance and weighted student funding, universal preschool, school violence, charter schools, and child advocacy centers.