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Dowling, John – Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1977
Provides a nuclear film bibliography grouped into the areas of: building and using the bomb; living with the bomb; and living with nuclear power. These films are for mature high school students and older. (MLH)
Descriptors: Atomic Theory, Bibliographies, College Science, Energy
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Bender, William N.; McLaughlin, Phillip J. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1997
This article provides specific guidelines to help teachers: (1) prevent violence and/or weapons violations, (2) manage nonthreatening weapons violations, (3) manage a hostage situation, and (4) manage an explosive situation. Also included is a list of administrative responsibilities during a hostage crisis. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Problems, Classroom Techniques, Crime
Black, Susan – American School Board Journal, 1994
Reviews seven books that concern some of the tough issues in schools such as violence, racial bias, and poverty. Suggests that school board members who read these books can have a firsthand look into the lives of students, teachers, parents, and school executives. Information on ordering the books is provided. (MLF)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Poverty
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Komro, Kelli A.; Flay, Brian R.; Hu, Frank Bingchang; Zelli, Arnaldo; Rashid, Jamila; Amuwo, Shaffdeen – Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 1998
Explores sources of drugs and weapons for a group of pre-adolescents living in disadvantaged neighborhoods in Chicago using a focus group and a self-administered survey. At least one-third of the sample of fifth-grade students responded that it was easy for people their age to obtain each of the products. Neighborhood sources were the most likely…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Drinking, Drug Use, Family Environment
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Johnson, Robert S. – Journal of Law and Education, 2000
Disagrees with Ferraraccio's views and argues that: (1) students do bring illegal weapons to school; (2) metal detectors do detect weapons and help schools to disarm students; (3) disarming students reduces the threat of violence; and (4) courts have repeatedly approved the constitutionality of weapon-related suspicionless student searches…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Courts, Prevention
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Dukes, Richard L.; Stein, Judith A. – Youth & Society, 2001
Tested control theory using protective effects of personal and social assets and risk effects of personal deficits on deviant behaviors of drug use, delinquency, truancy, and weapons possession. Analyzed data from students in grades 6-12 using structural equations modeling. Second order factors of assets and deficits explained deviant behavior.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Delinquency, Drug Use, High Risk Students
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Watt, Toni Terling – Sociology of Education, 2003
Uses National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health 1994 to determine whether adolescents benefit from small and/or private schools. Examines depression, suicide and violent dispositions. Refutes claims that students attending these schools are more emotionally adjusted. Discovers these small and/or private schools may actually be detrimental to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
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Ferrin, Scott Ellis – International Journal of Educational Advancement, 2005
How do in-house lobbyists for American colleges and universities compare with other types of lobbyists in their roles, tasks, and strategies? To answer this question 105 in-house lobbyists were surveyed using an instrument that reiterated key questions asked in earlier researchers' studies on private or special interest lobbyists, such as the gun…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Lobbying, Interviews, Strategic Planning
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Freedman, Eric – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2004
Uzbekistan faces severe ecological problems including the rapidly shrinking Aral Sea, desertification, residues of biochemical weapons, and environmentally related respiratory disease. Even so, the country's print and broadcast media do little in-depth or analytical reporting on environmental issues, nor are journalists trained to cover such…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Access to Information, Journalism, Foreign Countries
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Linville, Deanna C.; Huebner, Angela J. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine how extracurricular activities relate to rural youth violence. Gender differences were examined across all of the study variables. Self-report data were collected from 235 teenagers from a rural, ethnically diverse, Virginia community. Correlations revealed a significant inverse relationship between church…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Rural Youth, Violence, Gender Differences
US Department of Education, 2006
This issue of "Lessons Learned" addresses "Dealing with Weapons on Campus." Each year, school administrators, faculty and staff must deal with the possibility of students planning and carrying out pranks such as toilet-papering trees, egging automobiles or spray painting school property. These high jinks often occur at the end of the school year,…
Descriptors: School Security, Administrator Role, Technical Assistance, Crisis Management
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Carlson, Karen Townsend – Children & Schools, 2006
Violence exposure among rural youths is a significant public health problem, yet little research has been conducted on violence in this setting. This study explored rural youths' direct and indirect experience of violence in the neighborhood, school, and home. The author used hierarchical regression analyses to explore youth violence exposure,…
Descriptors: Poverty, Rural Youth, Violence, Rural Areas
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Houry, Debra; Reddy, Sudha; Parramore, Constance – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
This study evaluated the frequency of coarrest in female victims who utilized 911 for intimate partner violence (IPV) and any patterns or circumstances that increased the likelihood of coarrest. All cases of police-documented IPV where a female IPV victim was arrested in conjunction with the perpetrator were included. Each incident report was…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Victims of Crime, Family Violence, Females
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Shellman, Stephen M.; Turan, Kursad – Simulation & Gaming, 2006
This article describes an international relations simulation that focuses on threats of transnational insurgent organizations, the future of the Iraqi regime, and the effect of globalization on foreign policies. It contains both the Simulation Director's Guide and the Participant's Guide. The guides explain the steps taken to run the simulation…
Descriptors: Global Approach, International Relations, Foreign Policy, Role Playing
New Jersey Department of Education, 2010
The Commissioner's annual report provides the Legislature with information reported by school districts concerning incidents of serious student misconduct grouped into the following four major reporting categories: violence, vandalism, weapons, and substance abuse. An analysis of trends yields indications of progress and of ongoing concern, and…
Descriptors: Weapons, Charter Schools, Substance Abuse, Violence
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