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Teacher Perceptions of School Resource Officers and Associations with School Safety
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Maeng, Jennifer L.; Cornell, Dewey G.; Huang, Francis L. – Journal of School Violence, 2023
This study investigated teacher perceptions of school resource officers (SROs) and their associations with school safety. The sample consisted of 10,668 teachers in 404 middle schools and 11,900 teachers in 284 high schools. Most middle (86.5%) and high (85.5%) school teachers agreed that the SRO makes them feel safer; however, endorsement…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, School Security
Teacher Support for Zero Tolerance Is Associated with Higher Suspension Rates and Lower Feelings of Safety
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Huang, Francis L.; Cornell, Dewey G. – School Psychology Review, 2021
Zero tolerance as an approach to school safety has been around for almost 3 decades. Despite widespread criticisms of zero tolerance policies, few empirical studies have investigated the relationship of zero tolerance with school safety. More generally, the Government Accountability Office report on school shootings noted the need for research on…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Safety, Middle School Students, Middle School Teachers
School Administrator Assessments of Bullying and State-Mandated Testing
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Lacey, Anna; Cornell, Dewey G. – Journal of School Violence, 2016
Bully victimization is associated with lower academic performance for individual students; however, less is known about the impact of bullying on the academic performance of the school as a whole. This study examined how retrospective administrator reports of both the prevalence of teasing and bullying (PTB) and the use of evidence-based bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, State Policy, Administrator Attitudes, Testing Programs
Reductions in Long-Term Suspensions Following Adoption of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines
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Cornell, Dewey G.; Gregory, Anne; Fan, Xitao – NASSP Bulletin, 2011
This quasi-experimental study examined the adoption of the Virginia Student Threat Assessment Guidelines in 23 high schools. After training, school administrators and other staff members demonstrated substantial increases in knowledge of threat assessment principles and decreased commitment to zero tolerance approaches. Schools using the…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Guidelines, Zero Tolerance Policy, Suspension
What Can Be Done about School Shootings? A Review of the Evidence
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Borum, Randy; Cornell, Dewey G.; Modzeleski, William; Jimerson, Shane R. – Educational Researcher, 2010
School shootings have generated great public concern and fostered a widespread impression that schools are unsafe for many students; this article counters those misapprehensions by examining empirical evidence of school and community violence trends and reviewing evidence on best practices for preventing school shootings. Many of the school safety…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Prevention, Crisis Management
Designing Safer Schools for Virginia: A Guide to Keeping Students Safe from Violence. Building Blocks to Better Learning Series.
Cornell, Dewey G. – 1998
In 1997, the Virginia General Assembly passed legislation requiring local school boards to conduct school safety audits for each school under their jurisdiction. Guidelines for helping educators conduct these audits are presented here. This guide is designed to help administrators chart an informed, responsible, and proactive course toward…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Conflict Resolution, Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education