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Kwako, Alexander; Rogers, John; Earl, Jennifer; Kahne, Joseph – Teachers College Record, 2023
Context: School-based student protests have received little scholarly attention, yet they have the potential to impact the school community, students' civic development, and larger social movements. Principals are key actors in responding to school-based student protests. As school leaders, principals' actions affect the outcome of student…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, Principals, Responses
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Mosqueda, Christopher M.; Heath, Melissa A.; Cutrer-Párraga, Elizabeth A.; Ridge, Robert D.; Jackson, Aaron P.; Miller, Erica – School Psychology Review, 2023
On April 20, 1999, two Columbine High School students started a shooting rampage, ultimately killing 12 students and one teacher, wounding 21 victims, then completing suicide. Using media frame analysis (MFA), we examined 265 transcribed major network television news stories aired during the 48 hours following the shooting. In these stories, we…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Safety, High School Students
Hailey Ann Hermosa – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The view that colleges are generally safe has been challenged by threats of violence on campuses across the country, causing fear among stakeholders. Community college faculty are not immune to crime-related fear on campus; however, the research has largely ignored this population. This research serves to fill that gap. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, Campuses, College Faculty
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Kolbe, Lloyd J. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: Although less than 2% of all homicides among young people are school-associated, since 1970 1373 K-12 school gun violence incidents have injured 1403 people and killed another 728. These incidents have changed the education landscape. Informed stakeholders must work together to prevent school gun violence. Methods: We reviewed the…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Safety, Homicide
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Cowan, Rebecca G.; Tedeschi, P. J.; Corbin, Michael; Cole, Rebekah – Psychology in the Schools, 2022
The purpose of this study is to examine how recent incidents of planned mass violence in high schools within the United States were successfully averted. Using the Averted School Violence database, this study utilizes a mixed-methods content analysis approach to analyze 82 incidents of averted mass violence in high schools that occurred…
Descriptors: Violence, High Schools, Prevention, Incidence
Pryor, Sarah M.; King, Breanna L.; Anderson, Jacqueline R. – Communique, 2022
Due to the emotional and social burden on Americans stemming from firearm injury and death, school psychologists (SPs) must be equipped with an understanding of risk factors that could lead to students engaging in gun violence. SPs are ideally situated due to their training and expertise in promoting healthy development in children and youth, as…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Weapons, Violence, Death
Jennifer Tavine Craig – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This exploratory descriptive research study examined elementary school staff perceptions of ALICE active shooter response training and how participating in the training impacted staff perceptions of their own preparedness and their perceptions of their school's level of safety. This study also examined elementary staff experiences of ALICE…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, School Personnel, Attitudes
Piskorik, Jayne M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
There is an extensive body of school-related shooting research exploring causes, how to recognize a threat, and what preparedness measures are effective (Lee et al., 2020; Muchert, 2007). However, there is insufficient research on how the broader context of school-related shootings in American society has influenced college-aged students. The…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, College Students, Student Experience
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Brown, Carleton H.; DeMatthews, David – Educational Forum, 2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has indicated that schools are vulnerable to school shootings. Understanding the experience of school members who have experienced such tragedies provides important context for further developing much-needed preventive and responsive measures. Using narrative inquiry, we explored the experience of a…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Emergency Programs, Prevention
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Hilaire, Breahannah; Campbell, Laurie O.; Kelchner, Viki P.; Laguardia, Eric D.; Howard, Cassandra – Education and Urban Society, 2023
This study examines the characteristics of school shootings and investigates the relationship between perpetrators' race and how shootings are reported by the media. Findings, utilizing data from the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, demonstrate differences by race in the characteristics of school shootings and media reporting of school…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Racial Differences, Ethnicity
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Marshall, Joanne M.; Clark, Brandon L. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2023
Background: Educational leadership perspectives are missing from existing literature related to school shootings, which have been dominated instead by experts in criminal justice, law enforcement, and psychology. Purpose: In this article, we systematically review the literature base on educational leadership related to school shootings in the…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Leadership, School Safety, Violence
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Timothy McCuddy; Miriam Clark; Anwesha Guha; Ellen M. McLeod – Journal of School Violence, 2024
A variety of factors are associated with the likelihood of reporting guns at school; however, mixed empirical findings hinder our ability to inform policies to reduce school violence. Additionally, many of the established factors are difficult to change over time, and limited attention has been devoted to more malleable factors such as anonymous…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, School Safety, Middle School Students
Education Commission of the States, 2021
States use statute and regulations to specify which behaviors "must" result in a student being suspended or expelled, with varying degrees of discretion allowed at local levels. This data point captures the offenses for which students must be suspended or expelled. Forty-six states and the District of Columbia must suspend students for…
Descriptors: State Policy, Discipline Policy, Suspension, Expulsion
Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools Technical Assistance Center (REMS), 2022
Our nation's postsecondary institutions are entrusted to provide a safe and healthy learning environment for the students, faculty, and staff who live, work, and study on campus. Planning for emergencies may be challenging for institutions of higher education (IHEs) because of geography, environment, governance, around-the clock-operations, and…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Security, Emergency Programs, Violence
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McCuddy, Timothy; Shamserad, Faraneh; Esbensen, Finn-Aage – Journal of School Violence, 2023
Arming teachers remains a divisive issue in the United States. Since one goal of this policy is to improve perceptions of safety, it is important to understand how arming teachers impacts students. Using survey data from six Midwestern school districts, we apply Ferraro's risk assessment model to explore how individual and school conditions impact…
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Violence, Educational Environment, Weapons
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