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Slaughter, Aimee – Science & Education, 2014
The 1920s and 1930s were a period which saw great popular interest in radiation and radioactivity in America, and the establishment of a new genre of pulp literature, science fiction. Radiation was prevalent in American popular culture at the time, and sf stories were dependent upon radiation for much of their color and excitement. In this case…
Descriptors: Science Fiction, Imagination, Radiation, Weapons
Goodrum, Sarah; Slepicka, Jessie; Woodward, William; Kingston, Beverly – Sociology of Education, 2022
This article argues that the organizational structure and culture of schools may impede the prevention of violence in America's schools, specifically threat assessment and management for students of concern. The data come from a qualitative case study of a school shooting where two students died; the data include deposition testimony from 12…
Descriptors: Violence, Prevention, School Safety, Weapons
Zhang, Naijian, Ed.; McCluskey-Titus, Phyllis, Ed.; Cawthon, Tony W., Ed. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2022
The purpose of "Theory of College Student Development" is to provide readers with new theoretical knowledge or a reminder of the foundational and evolving theories that professionals can utilize for understanding and making sense of students' behavior. Its primary focus is on the integration of knowledge, skills, and application of such…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Learning Theories, College Students, Student Development
National School Boards Association, 2022
The overarching goal of schools is to create a safe, supportive environment where students can thrive and learn. This begins with a dedication to students' social and emotional well-being, and effective policies and programs that create a culture of trust. Such a culture provides an optimal learning environment, and is also a proactive step…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Safety, Mental Health, School Policy
Dahl, Patricia P.; Bonham, Gene, Jr.; Reddington, Frances P. – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
This exploratory research surveyed faculty who instruct in community colleges from 18 states about their attitudes toward the concealed carry gun policies that allow appropriately licensed citizens to carry a handgun in public places such as college campuses. Building upon previous research involving 4-year institutions, we surveyed 1,889…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Weapons
Wender, Emily; DeMille, Alicia – Issues in Teacher Education, 2019
This article addresses the importance of highlighting teachers' emotional labor within teacher education programs. Given the changing landscape of schools in the 21st century, teachers' emotional labor now includes participating in annual safety drills and lockdown trainings, in addition to responses to violence (threatened or actual). This study…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Emotional Response, Teacher Education Programs
New Jersey Department of Education, 2019
This report presents information provided by New Jersey public schools on disciplinary infractions and their consequences for the 2018-19 school year to the Student Safety Data System (SSDS). The SSDS collects incidents of violence, vandalism, weapons, substance use, and harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB), as well as HIB trainings and…
Descriptors: School Safety, Discipline, Public Schools, School Violence
DiNapoli, Timothy J. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
The Department of Defense (DOD) spends hundreds of billions of dollars annually acquiring products and services. Since 1990, Congress and DOD have taken numerous steps to address issues related to the quality of DOD's acquisition workforce, which consists of contracting officers, cost estimators, and personnel in several other career fields. But…
Descriptors: Military Personnel, Armed Forces, Public Agencies, Costs
Brian T. Kissel; Colleen E. Whittingham; Tasha Tropp Laman; Erin T. Miller – English Journal, 2019
Despite the familiar American scene of lined-up students being ushered out of school buildings while their classmates lay wounded or dead inside, and despite repeated calls for restrictions on the guns used in such shootings, nearly twenty years after Columbine, the gun lobby retains a powerful grip on the nation's politicians - using money and…
Descriptors: Activism, High School Students, Writing (Composition), Persuasive Discourse
Brown, Carleton H. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2018
At a small rural middle school in the southern United States, two students murdered a teacher, four students, and injured 10 during a shooting spree. This case represents the lived experiences of a school principal, counselor, and community that survived the deadly rampage. The case highlights the challenges that school leaders may face such as…
Descriptors: Leadership Effectiveness, Leadership Role, School Safety, Crisis Management
Kurtz, Holly; Lloyd, Sterling; Harwin, Alex; Osher, Michael – Editorial Projects in Education, 2018
As the nation has become increasingly politically divided in the wake of the 2016 Presidential elections, educators have turned their attention to civics education that might have the ability to encourage students to engage productively in public life. In addition, the February 2018 shootings at Parkland High School sparked a nationwide movement…
Descriptors: Civics, Elementary Secondary Education, Citizenship Education, Barriers
Sargent, Elizabeth; Zahniser, Evan; Gaylord-Harden, Noni; Morency, Mirinda; Jenkins, Esther – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2020
The current study examined the unique and interactive effects of family and community violence across types of violence (weapon, physical, and death) and relationship proximity (self, family/friend, and strangers) in African American adolescents (mean age = 12.63, SD = 0.99, 54% female). Items from the community violence and family violence…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Violence, Weapons, Aggression
Garwood, Justin D.; Gage, Nicholas A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2021
This study examined the psychometric properties of the Risk Assessment and Distress Recovery (RADR) Scale--a new self-report psychological screening tool for high school students that explores risk factors related to mental health characteristics of students who have engaged in school violence. The sample consisted of 1093 high school students…
Descriptors: High School Students, Screening Tests, At Risk Students, Mental Health
Hong, Jun Sung; Ryou, Bee; Wei, Hsi-Sheng; Allen-Meares, Paula; Espelage, Dorothy L. – School Psychology International, 2019
The aim of the present study was to explore whether protective factors, such as ease of communication with parents, siblings, and best friends; parental awareness of student's friends and activities; higher numbers of best friends; positive perceptions of school climate; and teachers' opinion of student's academic performance, would buffer the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Weapons, Peer Relationship, Victims
Wallace, Lacey N. – Journal of College Student Development, 2019
I examined which students view campus gun carrying as socially beneficial, how these views vary based on social standing among peers, and to what extent students believe their own gun carrying behavior influences others. Data were drawn from a nationwide web survey of 520 US college students. Results indicate that males and those attending school…
Descriptors: Weapons, Student Attitudes, Campuses, Peer Relationship