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Responding to Tragedy in Uvalde
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Shahidullah, Jeffrey D.; Krishnan, Ankita – Communique, 2022
The consequences of the tragic school shooting on May 24, 2022 at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas will reverberate for decades to come. Trauma on this level affects the survivors and bystanders who directly witnessed tragedy unfold on the school campus, families, friends, and first responders, as well as entire communities and onlookers…
Descriptors: Trauma, School Violence, Weapons, Crisis Management
Leading in an Era of School Violence: A Qualitative Study of the Impact of School Shootings on School Principals
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Jaime Anne Dubei – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This case study explored the impacts of school shootings on K-12 school principals. Eleven school principals and assistant principals from rural, suburban, and urban areas in all regions of the United States were interviewed. The study answered two research questions: What impact do school shootings have on school principals? and What do…
Descriptors: School Violence, Weapons, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Bullying Victimization and Weapon Carrying: A Partial Test of General Strain Theory
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Oliphant, Stephen N. – Youth & Society, 2023
Much of the existing research on adolescent firearm and weapon carrying lacks a theoretical framework. Relatedly, few studies have examined the relationship between weapon carrying and bullying victimization experienced at school, which has been established as a key strain in adolescence. The present study seeks to provide a partial test of…
Descriptors: Bullying, Victims, Weapons, Grade 7
Violence in Our Community: Middle Level Students' Voices on Walmart Shootings in El Paso, Texas
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Tinajero, Roberto; Todd, Anjanette; Tinajero, Josefina Villamil; Peterson, Sarah E. – Middle School Journal, 2023
On August 3rd, 2019, a racially-charged mass shooting occurred at Walmart in El Paso, TX that killed 23 people and injured another 23. Following the Walmart shooting, students in this borderland region wrote essays related to their experiences. We used the themes we identified to inform implications for teaching writing and composition for middle…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Homicide, Student Experience
Schools and Gun Violence: What Do We Know about the Prevalence and Effects?
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Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2022
As the 2021-22 academic year came to a close, the United States was rocked by the news of another school mass shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen fourth-grade students and two of their teachers were killed when an 18-year-old former student entered the school through an unlocked door, made his way to his former…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Violence, Weapons, Student Behavior
A Mind-Body Medicine Curriculum for Student Peer Counselors Following a School Shooting: A Qualitative Study
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Staples, Julie K.; Zapata, Stephanie; Fredrickson, Monica; Quinn, Hannah E.; Cyr, Lynda Richtsmeier; Gavian, Margaret E.; Rountree, Laura D.; Gordon, James S. – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
This qualitative study investigated high school student peer counselors' experience of a mind-body medicine curriculum incorporated into a peer counseling program following a school shooting. A series of focus groups were held with peer counselors in 10th-12th grade (n = 24, mean age = 16.5 [SD = 1.0]; 71% female) participating in the mind-body…
Descriptors: High School Students, Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12