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Peguero, Anthony A.; Yost, Lisa; Ripepi, Melissa; Johnson, Kecia – Journal of School Violence, 2020
As demonstrated in extant research, there are significant distinctions across urban, suburban, and rural communities both in the experience of school violence and in the resources allocated toward safeguarding schools from violence. What remains unknown is how the relationship between weapons at school (i.e., possession of a weapon and attacks…
Descriptors: Weapons, Educational Environment, School Safety, Correlation
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Bridgeforth, James C. – Journal of School Leadership, 2021
Media reports have detailed the growing prevalence of incidents of racism and racial violence in K-12 schools and districts throughout the United States. The public nature of these incidents often requires a formal response from school and district leadership in the form of a press release, letter, or public statement. This study is an analysis of…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Violence, News Reporting, Electronic Mail
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Moore, Pauline; Jackson, Brian A.; Augustine, Catherine H.; Steiner, Elizabeth D.; Phillips, Andrea – RAND Corporation, 2021
School leaders across the United States face the challenge of creating safe and secure environments across their campuses in a way that helps promote the achievement of schools' educational objectives. To help them meet this challenge, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency asked the Homeland…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, School Safety, Public Agencies, Kindergarten
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Custer, Bradley D. – Journal of College and University Student Housing, 2018
Colleges and universities commonly review the criminal history of students who apply to live in campus housing, but this practice may be inherently discriminatory. New guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development warns that the Fair Housing act, which applies to higher education institutions, prohibits the use of any practice…
Descriptors: Crime, Background, College Students, College Housing
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Dohy, Jennifer; Banks, Tachelle – Journal of School Violence, 2018
The present study examined variations in incidents of student insubordination and violence using an individual change model, which allowed for repeated observations of student behaviors in 148 Ohio schools at the initial status (2010) and over time (2010 and 2014). Findings were significant only at the initial status. As school size and total…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Public Schools, Violence, Police School Relationship
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Shapiro, Harvey – Educational Theory, 2015
Much discourse on school shootings tends to imply a binary separation between what is considered normal and exceptional, between an expected course of human events and sociohistorical aberrations. In this article Harvey Shapiro suggests the need for new directions in our responses: First, he shows how responses to school shootings tend to…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Safety, Criticism
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Burdick-Will, Julia – American Journal of Education, 2017
Large urban school districts are increasingly offering their students options that break the link between residential location and school attendance. Individual decisions are likely to aggregate in different ways across communities, leaving students in some neighborhoods with more varied educational experiences. In this paper, I explore these…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Neighborhoods, Crime, Violence
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Hegeman, Susan; Ortiz, Paul – Thought & Action, 2018
In the fall of 2017, the University of Florida (UF) and the city of Gainesville were part of a coda to a terrible event in recent U.S. history: the violent torch-wielding rally of white supremacists and extreme far-right groups in the college town of Charlottesville, Virginia, that left three people dead and at least 33 injured. These events…
Descriptors: Unions, Antisocial Behavior, Labor Relations, Universities
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Wang, Ke; Kemp, Jana; Burr, Riley – National Center for Education Statistics, 2022
Using data from the School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), this report presents findings both on crime and violence in U.S. public schools and on the practices and programs schools have used to promote school safety. SSOCS collects data from public school principals about violent and nonviolent crimes in their schools. The survey also collects…
Descriptors: Crime, School Safety, Violence, Public Schools
McMahon, Susan Dvorak; Anderman, Eric M.; Astor, Ron Avi; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Martinez, Andrew; Reddy, Linda A.; Worrell, Frank C. – American Psychological Association, 2022
Current and future decisions to leave the field of education affect the quality of schools and the next generations of learners, teachers and school leaders in the nation. Physical and verbal violence directed against teachers may be exacerbating reports of high stress, transfers and leaving the profession. This technical report outlines key…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Violence, Teaching Conditions
McMahon, Susan D.; Anderman, Eric M.; Astor, Ron Avi; Espelage, Dorothy L.; Martinez, Andrew; Reddy, Linda A.; Worrell, Frank C. – American Psychological Association, 2022
The US is experiencing trends of dramatic employee turnover in our nation's schools. Current and future decisions to leave the field of education affect the quality of our schools and the next generations of learners, educators, and school leaders in the nation. Physical and verbal violence directed against educators may be exacerbating reports of…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Violence, Teaching Conditions
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Smith, Peter K. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2014
In this commentary, Peter Smith questions how well we follow up after school shootings in order to diagnose causes and enhance future prevention. Sommer, Leuschner, and Scheithauer (2014) have assembled data from 126 cases available in the English and German research literature and suggested important risk categories. Notably, there are a large…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, Risk Management, Data Collection
Bieler, Sam; La Vigne, Nancy – Urban Institute, 2014
This report examines the incidence of gunfire as measured by gunshot detection technology using data from the 2011-2012 school year. It finds that a disproportionate volume of gunfire happened near a small share of DC schools. About half of DC schools covered by gunshot detection sensors are in close proximity to gunfire, and four schools were…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Incidence, Proximity
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Irwin, Véronique; Wang, Ke; Cui, Jiashan; Zhang, Jizhi; Thompson, Alexandra – National Center for Education Statistics, 2021
This is the 23rd edition of Indicators of School Crime and Safety, a joint effort of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). This report provides summary statistics to inform the nation about current aspects of crime and safety in schools. This report covers a variety of topics on school…
Descriptors: Student Surveys, National Surveys, School Surveys, Crime
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Jones, Tiffany – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2019
Pre-service teacher education on LGBTI rights and inclusion is impacted by multiple conflicting education governance provisions carrying different risks and duties for teachers. Pre-service teacher education has an international reach -- catering to both international pre-service teachers and domestic pre-service teachers destined for careers and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Preservice Teacher Education, LGBTQ People, Inclusion
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