Safety and Violence

The latest news about safety and violence in schools, including articles, Commentaries, and special features.

Members of the Washington County Sheriff's Office, the New York State Police, and Hudson Falls Police Department approach the entrance to the Hudson Falls Primary School in Hudson Fall, N.Y., in January during an active-shooter drill at the school.
—Omar Ricardo Aquije/The Post-Star/AP

Feds' Advice on School Intruders Worries Some Experts

A long-awaited White House guide suggests that school staff can try to fight back when there's no other choice. (July 8, 2013)

Spotlight on Bullying

This Spotlight focuses on how educators and policymakers are working to prevent bullying and the harmful experiences associated with it.

Issue Backgrounder

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Violence and Safety

On-Demand Webinar

When Cyberbullying Spills Into School
In this webinar, experts on bullying discussed strategies on how to address and combat bullying in school and online.

Special Collections

A Lingering Shame: Sexual Abuse of Students by School Employees
This special collection of stories assembles reporting on a problem that is only sporadically recognized as a national issue.

Columbine: 10 Years Later
A decade on, this collection looks at the events, survivors, and lessons gleaned from the attack at a Colorado high school.

The Virginia Tech Shootings
The mass slaying at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute revived vexing questions and raised familiar fears for K-12 educators across the country.

PD Directory

The Professional Development Directory features courses and resources for teachers on:
Safety, Violence and Bullying

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Most states have laws addressing bullying but now federal lawmakers are getting in the game.
November 1, 2011 - Education Week
Twenty-one states enacted laws addressing bullying this year—and some of the new mandates expand schools' responsibilities to control the harassment that goes on among students.
October 18, 2011 - Education Week
A research organization says teenagers who regularly log onto Facebook and other social networks are considerably more likely to smoke, drink, or use marijuana than teens who don't visit the sites.
October 17, 2011 - Digital Directions
A new report finds that African-American and Hispanic students are suspended or expelled more often than white students—even for minor offenses.
October 5, 2011 - Education Week
Supporters see a stronger safety net for students, while others warn of increased reporting burdens.
September 13, 2011 - Education Week
The attorney for a family suing Chicago Public Schools over the alleged handcuffing of a first-grader in 2010 said Tuesday the boy was among several 6- and 7-year-olds who were detained and handcuffed for hours for talking in class.
August 31, 2011 - McClatchy-Tribune
Researchers say black or Latino students in poor, urban communities are more likely to attend schools with stiff security measures—even when their schools' crime rates are no different than those of better-off schools.
August 29, 2011 - Education Week
In the past six months, 20 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws to minimize student-athletes' concussion risks, while laws are pending in 11 others.
August 11, 2011 - Education Week
Drawing on data for more than 1 million Texas schoolchildren, a new study reveals that more than half of those students were suspended at least once in middle or high school and schools varied widely in how they meted out those punishments.
July 19, 2011 - Education Week
 Many schools in parts of the United States prone to earthquakes have not been built to withstand a major quake, Nancy Bailey, Barry Welliver, and Edward Wolf write.
July 18, 2011 - Education Week

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