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Blake, Damion K. – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2020
Violence in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) began with its history of colonialism and battles for independence. Later, violence intensified with the politically turbulent period of the Cold War from military coups, revolutions, and civil wars. Violence expanded with the transshipment of cocaine from the Andean region through the Caribbean…
Descriptors: Violence, Risk, Research, Researchers
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Hall, Cristin Marie; Bertuccio, Rebecca F.; Mazer, Timothy M.; Tawiah, Christeanna O. – Rural Educator, 2020
Although school-based youth homicides and student fear of attack or harm at school have slowly decreased over the past two decades (Musu-Gillette et al., 2018), students are not free from worry; violence is still present in schools. School violence refers to acts of physical force, harm, or power that occur on school grounds or at school events…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Safety, Violence, Weapons
Schildkraut, Jaclyn; Grogan, Kathryn; Nabors, Amanda – WestEd, 2020
Although the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools and directed attention to other matters, one issue which had raised concern prior to the pandemic -- the role of lockdown drills in schools -- remains to be addressed as education leaders prepare for the return of students and adults to gathering daily in large groups in schools. By one estimate, 95…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, School Safety, Drills (Practice), School Security
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Reid, Gerald M.; Holt, Melissa K.; Felix, Erika D.; Greif Green, Jennifer – Journal of American College Health, 2019
Objective: This study investigates the association between histories of childhood victimization and perceived consequences of college hazing. Participants: First-year college students at four US universities (N = 120). Method: Participants completed Web-based surveys asking about childhood victimization (eg, child maltreatment), peer…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Hazing, Victims, Student Attitudes
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Lee, Vera J.; Meloche, Alysha; Grant, Allen; Neuman, Delia; Tecce DeCarlo, Mary Jean – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2019
The authors analyzed the multimodal presentation of one student in a seventh-grade social studies class situated in an urban charter school in the Northeastern United States. The student researched a specific problem that existed in his community and located solutions using web-based sources. The authors analyzed the student's classwork, focus…
Descriptors: Grade 7, Social Studies, Urban Schools, Charter Schools
Rogers, John – Educational Leadership, 2019
The author, director of UCLA's Institute for Democracy, Education, and Access, shares results of a study he led exploring how principals in U.S. high schools are responding to five specific societal challenges; he highlights what principals said about the challenge of gun violence in their schools. More school leaders reported their school being…
Descriptors: Principals, High Schools, Social Problems, Leadership Responsibility
Gross, Karen – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2019
The school shooting will eventually land on college campuses in the invisible backpacks of students. Regrettably, most colleges are not trauma-informed nor trauma-responsive. And folks will be shocked when these students struggle or barely stay in school or drop out or stop out. Their learning, their memories, their engagement can all be impacted.…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Educational Environment, College Environment
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Pham, Josephine H. – Curriculum Inquiry, 2022
In connection with the historical legacy and imaginations of youth of Color advocating for more just and equitable futures, I consider the complex political terrain through which teachers of Color cultivate students' agency for social change within the narrow confines of schooling institutions. In this article, I conceptualize "racial…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Critical Race Theory, Social Justice, Racism
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Mazmanyan, Kelsey Lupo – College & Research Libraries, 2020
On October 1, 2017, the history of Las Vegas, Nevada was forever changed when a mass shooting claimed the lives of 58 innocent people at a concert site on the Vegas Strip. Only three miles away, the University of Nevada Las Vegas and its main branch, Lied Library, became a space where students sought shelter and answers. To understand how this…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, College Students, Academic Libraries, School Safety
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Rood, Craig – Communication Teacher, 2020
As a communication educator, the author's goal is to help students examine and understand how communication addresses--or, in this case, fails to address--public problems such as gun violence. Communication concepts can provide insight about America's bewildering debates about gun violence, and in turn, these debates can help illustrate and refine…
Descriptors: Weapons, Violence, Social Problems, Persuasive Discourse
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Embury, Dusty Columbia; Clarke, Laura S.; Weber, Kim – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2019
As educators and parents of children with disabilities, we recognize that students with significant disabilities benefit from research-based strategies to support the development of academic and social learning. We regularly use systematic instruction and behavior supports to provide day-to-day instruction, yet this same detailed planning is not…
Descriptors: Crisis Management, School Safety, Child Safety, Students with Disabilities
Langman, Peter; Petrosino, Anthony; Persson, Hannah – WestEd, 2018
School shootings are the subject of debate in the media and in communities across the United States, and there is much discussion about prevention and the root causes of such attacks. But what does research say about these tragic events and their perpetrators? Do all shooters fit a specific profile? And what meaningful steps can schools and…
Descriptors: Violence, School Safety, Public Opinion, Weapons
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Evans, Nancy J. – About Campus, 2020
In this article Nancy Evans, a former faculty member, recalls her experiences during two major crises, a campus shooting and the 9/11 attacks. Through these difficult situations, she learned some strategies for supporting students during crisis. Now in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, she shares some of these strategies. Additionally, guidance…
Descriptors: Psychological Needs, Student Needs, Crisis Management, Violence
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Burdick-Will, Julia; Nerenberg, Kiara Millay; Grigg, Jeffrey A.; Connolly, Faith – American Educational Research Journal, 2021
High levels of school mobility are a problem in many urban districts. Many of these same districts are also dealing with high rates of violent crime. In this study, we use 6 years (2010-2011 to 2015-2016) of administrative data from Baltimore City public elementary school students and crime data from the Baltimore Police Department to examine…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Student Mobility, Violence, Crime
Erbacher, Terri A.; Poland, Scott – Communique, 2019
It is very important that schools be careful not to scare children about a place where they should feel safe. Thus, it is imperative that any active shooter drill be preceded by extensive education and preparation. Drills should be carefully planned by local police and the school crisis team, and school psychologists' involvement is critical.…
Descriptors: School Psychologists, Counselor Role, Drills (Practice), Violence
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