Download or read book Creating Safe and Drug free Schools written by United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safe and Drug Free Schools written by Patricia V. Noble and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illegal drug use is a recurrent problem across the nation, but at particular risk are the nation's youth. Studies have shown that among children, drug use begins with the abuse of legal substances (ie tobacco and alcohol) before graduating to illegal drugs, with marijuana generally the first. Along with drug abuse, violence is another danger the nation's young people must face, be it drug motivated or the result of other behavioural problems. Schools are considered prime places to head off these two threats through education about abstaining from drugs and controlling violent tendencies. In 1996, the Department of Education began overseeing the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, which funds both state and national drug and violence prevention programs. Unfortunately, follow-up studies have revealed mixed results to the national program. The Education Department, though, is considering steps to strengthen and improve this critical program. This book examines and evaluates the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act and its programs, placing the measure in a background context and looking at its financial and administrative structures. Given the major problems of drug abuse and violence threatening to overwhelm children, these studies make for a timely analysis of an important issue.

Download or read book Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act written by Peter Reuter and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2001 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report synthesizes the findings of a review of the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and assesses options for reforming it. The Act provides for a $600-million-per-year program of grants to states, which pass the money on to school districts for programs aimed at reducing school violence and drug abuse. However, the formula by which money is disbursed does not focus on the schools most in need of help, and it spreads the money too thinly. Moreover, the guidelines for expenditure permit schools to use the funds for programs that are unproven, and the legislation gives the federal government limited ability to foster effective programs. The SDFSCA program has not been credibly evaluated, but it is widely thought to have accomplished little. Yet the problems it addresses are so serious and widespread that the federal government cannot reasonably afford to abandon its commitment. Few proposals for reform have been offered, and only the one put forth by the Clinton administration is currently fully developed. That proposal moves in the right direction, but it addresses only some of the ways in which the program could be improved. This report suggests criteria for judging reform options and presents ways in which the proposal under discussion could be strengthened.

Download or read book Creating Safe and Drug free Schools written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1996 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Safe and Drug Free Schools written by Sandra L. Baxter and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-11 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Creating Safe and Drug free Schools written by United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report contains all the outputs of a project undertaken to review the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and to assess options for strengthening it. As part of this study, a conference was held at which practitioners, researchers, and government officials considered the findings and conclusions presented in three commissioned papers, the proceedings of focus groups of knowledgeable practitioners in two school districts, and a review of the literature describing the program established by SDFSCA and its performance to date. This volume contains the executive summary of the study, the background paper prepared to provide information for the conference participants, a summary of the focus group discussions, and the commissioned papers. This material should be of interest to federal officials and legislators involved in the impending reauthorization of the SDFSCA, as well as to individuals concerned with the implementation of drug and violence prevention programs in schools. The project was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education, and the work was performed within PAAD's Drug Policy Research Center.

Download or read book Getting Results written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ESEA Drug free Schools written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public School District Survey on Safe Disciplined and Drug free Schools written by Judith M. Carpenter and published by Department of Education Office of Educational. This book was released on 1992 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is the third in a series presenting results from surveys on safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools. The introduction notes that the data were obtained from a survey of 739 public school superintendents. Among the highlighted results are the following: (1) nearly all public school districts were found to have written policies on general discipline and alcohol, drug, and tobacco use; (2) school principals and teachers were involved in these policies in over 90 percent of school districts surveyed; (3) the average number of hours drug use education was taught in each grade during the 1990-91 school year ranged from about 14 hours in kindergarten through third grade to about 20 hours in grades 4 through 6,, 21 hours in grades 7 through 9, and 18 hours in grades 10 through 12; (4) drug use education is offered in a variety of different ways; (5) more than 80 percent of the districts teach students about causes and effects of alcohol, drug, and tobacco use, how to resist peer pressure, and school alcohol, drug, and tobacco policies and enforcement; (6) police provided assistance or educational support to a great extent in promoting safe, disciplined, and drug-free schools, according to 42 percent of public school district superintendents; and (7) suspensions occurred on average about 26 times for every 1,000 students per public school district. (LLL)

Download or read book Keeping Schools Open as Community Learning Centers written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Toward a Drug free Generation written by United States. National Commission on Drug-Free Schools and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Drug Abuse Prevention written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Field Hearing on Effective School Safety and Drug Prevention Efforts in Our Schools and Communities written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce. Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth, and Families and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Goals 2000 Educate America written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Schools Without Drugs written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An action plan for parents, teachers, school administrators, and students that can help fight drug use. Includes extensive "resources" section.

Download or read book Creating Safe and Drug Free Schools written by Barry Leonard and published by . This book was released on 1996-11-01 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a set of guidelines for a continuing team process to create safe schools. Begins with action steps for schools, parents, students, and community and business groups. Next it provides info. briefs on specific issues affecting school safety. Steps include: placing school safety high on the educational agenda; involving parents and citizens; building and developing the team; conducting the school site assessment; reviewing the law; creating a safe school plan; formulating a contingency plan; creating an educational climate; searching for ways to serve students and ways students can serve; getting the message out; and evaluating the process. Also includes a 32-page report, "Early Warning, Timely Response: A Guide to Safe Schools."