Much of the public discussion on preventing school shootings is about whether and how to limit people’s access to firearms. But other strategies can reduce the risk for violence.
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Some Americans hoped the Parkland shooting in 2018 would herald a turning point for gun violence in schools. Shootings, and deaths, have continued – and gotten more frequent.
School officials are becoming increasingly wary of TikTok amid concerns that the app poses a risk to student safety and privacy and makes the nation vulnerable to spies.
Extremely young school shooters are not believed to be capable of forming criminal intent.
Youth violence hasn’t let up in Toronto. In fact, it’s getting worse. Community members say it’s a major problem that needs a more holistic solution.
Calls for tougher laws against assaults on teachers have been thwarted by efforts to keep kids in school.
Surveillance cameras, metal detectors, door-locking systems and armed guards have not prevented school shootings. A school safety scholar examines other possible approaches.
School violence prevention requires professionals – counselors, psychologists and social workers – who know how to create an emotionally safe environment. Those staffers are in very short supply.
Waiting for kids to show signs of distress has little value, says a researcher who is pushing schools to take a more proactive approach toward student mental health.
Risk assessments and rigid gun laws are among the tools that can help prevent school massacres, a specialist in youth aggression says.
Putting guns in the hands of schoolteachers is a popular idea among gun-owners and conservatives, but research suggests it may pose more problems than it solves.
School shootings are typically preceded by a series of warning signs. Are educators, police and policymakers paying enough attention?
Teachers say school districts have left them in the lurch in the wake of attacks by students. Some admit they resort to violence themselves to send a message to students who might want to test them.
At the heart of the issue for school children, parents, caregivers and teachers is to confront from a very young age the question of sex, sexuality and gender.
Suspensions don’t just harm Black children – they also harm their parents’ employment, a school discipline expert argues in a forthcoming book.
Decisions on whether to allow corporal punishment in school have been largely local.
Pupils who are victimised at school tend to perform poorly academically, are regularly absent from school, suffer psychological trauma and may eventually drop out of school.
‘Behavior vaccines’ – practices meant to improve safety and well-being – have been around for years. An educational psychologist says they are particularly important for schools to adopt now.
A former deputy chancellor of New York City schools explains why the police don’t need to patrol the nation’s public schools.
Attacks on schools and children evoke a strong emotional response, which is a definitive goal of terrorist groups.
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences, Illinois State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Metropolitan State University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Hamline University
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Professor of Sociology & Criminal Justice, University of Delaware
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Professor Gender and Childhood Sexuality, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of Criminal Justice, State University of New York Oswego
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Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Connecticut
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Ph.D. student in Criminal Justice and Creator of the K-12 School Shooting Database, University of Central Florida
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Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
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Professor, University of Sydney
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Professor of Educational Psychology and Quantitative Research, Evaluation, and Measurement, The Ohio State University
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Professor of Management, University of North Carolina – Greensboro
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Professor of Psychology, Stetson University
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Professor of Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
