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Direct linkCollins, Jonathan E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2022
The biggest threat to an equitable and prosperous American society is not a particular educational policy, but the gravitational pull of politics, explains Jonathan Collins. Before educational policy can be developed and put into place, the politics that drive education must be acknowledged and addressed. Violence is erupting at school board…
Descriptors: Politics of Education, Educational Policy, Violence, Boards of Education
Richardson, Joan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2010
This article presents an interview with Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education Kevin Jennings on his ideas about school safety. In this interview, Jennings describes his plans for making schools safer for students and for developing a way to measure school climate that can drive such changes. Bullied in school, Jennings now devotes his life to…
Descriptors: School Safety, Educational Environment, Interviews, Bullying
Glass, Jeffrey – Phi Delta Kappan, 2003
Student teacher and former investment banker working in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, describes his experience and reflects on the strength of human spirit and collective action. (PKP)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Response, Violence
Raywid, Mary Anne; Oshiyama, Libby – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
As suggested by standard indicators--truancy, dropout rates, graffiti, vandalism, violence--youngsters in small schools rarely display the anger at the institution and its inhabitants that typifies Columbine and many other comprehensive high schools. Educators must cultivate learning communities and qualities (like empathy and compassion)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Alienation, Anger, Community
Wayson, William W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1985
Notes the harm caused by exaggerated reports of violence in schools, clarifies the distinction between violence and discipline problems, provides a perspective on the actual extent of these problems, describes factors encouraging good school discipline, and suggests reasonable approaches for governments and schools to take. (PGD)
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education, Government School Relationship
Barr, Robert D. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Reviews the contributions of alternative schools to public education over the past decade and predicts diversity and success for the movement in the 1980s. (WD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Change Strategies, Delinquency Prevention
Hyman, Irwin A.; Snook, Pamela A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2000
Educator violence against students (verbal and physical assaults and the undermining of students' constitutional rights) erodes rather than enhances school safety. Unnecessarily harsh disciplinary practices create a violence-prone climate mirroring U.S. society--the most retributive of Western nations. Democratic classroom practices can help…
Descriptors: Authoritarianism, Change Strategies, Civil Liberties, Classroom Techniques
