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Direct linkIjeoma Opara; Daneele Thorpe; David T. Lardier Jr. – Urban Education, 2024
Leveraging publicly available data about schools" absenteeism from the New Jersey Department of Education, the present study examined how neighborhood-level resource deprivation and violent crime related to chronic absenteeism in Passaic County's elementary, middle, and high schools. Results highlighted geographic disparities in Passaic…
Descriptors: Attendance, Neighborhoods, Socioeconomic Status, Violence
Simmons, Kyle X.; Shah, Nimit N.; Fakeh Campbell, Maryanne L.; Gonzalez, Lauren N.; Jones, Laura E.; Shendell, Derek G. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: New Jersey (NJ) Safe Schools Program, primarily funded by the NJ Department of Education, has aims concerning safety and health including helping to alleviate harassment, intimidation, and bullying (HIB) in secondary school because HIB can affect learning. We evaluated officially reported adolescent HIB total incidents and estimated…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Violence, Secondary School Students
Download full textNew Jersey Department of Education, 2019
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools on disciplinary infractions and their consequences for the 2018-19 school year to the Student Safety Data System (SSDS). The SSDS collects incidents of violence, vandalism, weapons, substance use, and harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB), as well as HIB trainings and…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Violence
New Jersey Department of Education, 2018
This report has been revised to best highlight information from the new Student Safety Data System for the 2017-18 school year. The New Jersey Department of Education (Department) migrated to a new reporting system, the Student Safety Data System (SSDS), which includes improved definitions, new reporting fields, and updated guidance for reporting…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Safety, Discipline, Violence
New Jersey Department of Education, 2022
Annually, the Department of Education (Department) collects data from school districts across the state on disciplinary infractions and their consequences. These data are analyzed in a state-level report developed by the Department for the Governor and the Legislature to fulfill the requirements of the "Public School Safety Law N.J.S.A."…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Districts
Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Phillips, Andrea; Moore, Pauline; Jackson, Brian A.; Augustine, Catherine H. – RAND Corporation, 2021
A core responsibility of the local education agencies (LEAs) that operate kindergarten-through-12th grade (K-12) schools across the United States is creating safe and secure environments that support effective teaching and learning. To help them meet this obligation, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS's) Cybersecurity and…
Descriptors: School Districts, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education, School Safety
New Jersey Department of Education, 2021
Annually, the Department of Education (Department) collects data from school districts across the state on disciplinary infractions and their consequences. These data are analyzed in a state-level report developed by the Department for the Governor and the Legislature to fulfill the requirements of the "Public School Safety Law N.J.S.A."…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Districts
New Jersey Department of Education, 2020
Annually, the Department of Education (Department) collects data from school districts across the state on disciplinary infractions and their consequences. These data are analyzed in a state-level report developed by the Department for the Governor and the Legislature to fulfill the requirements of the "Public School Safety Law N.J.S.A."…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Districts
McGrath, Kathryn – Teaching Tolerance, 2005
"Candles in Our Windows"--also titled "Nightlights"--is a play developed for elementary and middle school students about how residents in Billings, Montana, took a stand against hate. Last March, the 6th-grade students of Woodland Elementary School in New Jersey performed an early version of the play based on a children's book,…
Descriptors: Social Bias, Racial Bias, War, Elementary School Students
Traini, Cecilia – Association for Children of New Jersey, 2006
Over the past five years, Newark has seen creeping gains in several indicators of child and family well-being, particularly economics, education and health. Even though there is some good news to report, the fact remains that Newark children still suffer disproportionately compared to children growing up in other parts of Essex County, New Jersey…
Descriptors: Population Trends, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, English (Second Language), Enrollment Trends
Association for Children of New Jersey, 2004
"Newark Kids Count 2004" presents a statistical snapshot of child well-being that can be used to inform those efforts to create a strong community safety net for Newark's youngest citizens. Following is a look at some of the major trends documented in this year's report: (1) Poverty persists; (2) Nutritional supports lag; (3) Unmarried…
Descriptors: Community Services, Tax Credits, Child Welfare, Welfare Services
Ziegler, Derek – Association for Children of New Jersey, 2004
"Camden Kids Count 2004" provides a snapshot of child well-being in one of New Jersey's most impoverished cities, in the hopes of helping both city and state policymakers make use of limited resources to help New Jersey's neediest children. Here are some major findings documented in this report: (1) Thirty-five percent of Camden's…
Descriptors: Population Trends, English (Second Language), Postsecondary Education, Transportation
