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Download full textAdvocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 1999
Survey results are presented from 65 parents, students over 12 years, teachers, and other school employees using 39 different schools about environmental conditions in New York City public schools. It shows the results of years of neglect of infrastructure for children and reveals disturbing new information about the environmental health of school…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, School Safety
Advocates for Children of New York, Inc., Long Island City. – 1999
The purpose of this guide is to inform parents, advocates, and school personnel about existing laws and resources available to ensure that every child and every school employee has an environmentally safe and healthy school that is clean and in good repair. An environmentally safe and healthy school is one of the principles adopted by the New York…
Descriptors: Crowding, Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Standards
Peer reviewedSacks, Jeffrey J.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Examines 71 of the 605 licensed child care centers in Atlanta for playground hazards and school accidents. Finds 684 hazards in 66 centers, including climbing equipment over 6 feet high with inadequate impact-absorbing undersurfacing that had over twice the rate of fall injuries as climbing equipment under 6 feet high. (FMW)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Equipment
Ueberschlag, Roger – Francais dans le Monde, 1994
Three problems of New York City (New York) schools--overpopulation, low academic standards, violence--are examined, and an effort led by parent and teacher organizations to improve conditions is described. Threatened closings (schools under registration review, SURR) and a program of violence reduction (Straight Talk about Risks, STAR) are noted.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Educational Improvement
Ascher, Carol – 1994
This ERIC digest presents a summary of discussions from urban educators who addressed the issue of school violence at a National Education Association meeting held May 19, 1994. These educators note that American society is steeped in violence, particularly in urban areas, where children experience frustration, helplessness, and anger, and where…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Conferences, Crime Prevention, Economically Disadvantaged
Trotter, Jennie C.; Jones, LaTuan T. – 1998
The Peace Project was initiated in 1993 by the Wholistic Stress Control Institute in conjunction with three schools to develop an intervention for middle school students who were repeatedly suspended for violent behaviors. It is an in-school suspension program for violent youth. The project provides training and services in conflict resolution,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conflict Resolution, Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth
Council of the Great City Schools, Washington, DC. – 1993
This report highlights the safety initiatives developed at 31 public school districts across the country and designed to ensure that students have a safe and secure learning environment. Specific initiatives include violence-prevention programs, collaborative efforts among schools and communities, gang prevention and intervention efforts, peer…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Educational Environment, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
