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 Safe and Drug Free Schools written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 64 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 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 Hearing on the Reauthorization of the Drug Free School and Communities Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This document presents prepared statements and witness testimonies from the first in a series of Congressional hearings regarding the reauthorization of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986. The testimonies examine the progress made toward achieving the sixth of the national education goals which states, "By the year 2000 every school in America will be free of drugs and violence and will offer a disciplined environment conducive to learning." Opening statements were made by Representatives Owens, Barrett, Scott, Fawell, and Sawyer. continues to make general progress in its war against drugs, it still has a higher rate of illicit drug use than any other industrialized nation. Witnesses providing testimonies include: (1) Madeline Kunin, deputy secretary, U.S. Department of Education; (2) Eleanor Chelimsky, assistant comptroller general, Program Evaluation and Methodology, General Accounting Office; (3) Lloyd Johnston, program director of Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan; (4) Ronald Stephens, executive director, National School Safety Center, West Lake Village, California; (5) Henry Wood, chairman, National Drug Free Schools and Communities Steering Committee, Wilmington, Delaware; (6) Stephen Danish, professor and chair of the Psychology Department, director of Life Skills Center, Virginia Commonwealth University; and (7) William London, associate professor of Health Education, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. (NB)
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 Educational Opportunities Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 880 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book National Drug Control Strategy written by United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Departments of Labor Health and Human Services Education and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2005 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 1638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 written by United States. President (1993-2001 : Clinton) and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 816 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Handbook for School Safety and Security written by Lawrence J. Fennelly and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School security is one of the most pressing public concerns today. Yet in most schools, there is little security expertise or detailed knowledge about how to implement and manage a security program. The Handbook for School Safety and Security rectifies this problem by providing the salient information school administrators and security professionals need to address the most important security issues schools face. Made up of contributions from leading experts in school security, The Handbook for School Safety and Security provides a wealth of practical information for securing any K-12 school. It discusses key approaches and best practices for school crime prevention, including such topics as crisis management and mass notification. It also covers the physical measure needed for protecting a school, including detailed discussions of access control, lighting, alarms, and locks. While there is no single fix for the myriad of security challenges facing today's school security professionals, the best practices found in The Handbook for School Safety and Security will help increase the safety and security of any school. - Brings together the collective experience of industry-leading subject matter specialists into one resource. - Covers all the key areas needed for developing and implementing a school security program. - Includes a list of 100 things to know when developing a school security program.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Adolescence written by Roger J.R. Levesque and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-09-05 with total page 3161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Adolescence breaks new ground as an important central resource for the study of adolescence. Comprehensive in breath and textbook in depth, the Encyclopedia of Adolescence – with entries presented in easy-to-access A to Z format – serves as a reference repository of knowledge in the field as well as a frequently updated conduit of new knowledge long before such information trickles down from research to standard textbooks. By making full use of Springer’s print and online flexibility, the Encyclopedia is at the forefront of efforts to advance the field by pushing and creating new boundaries and areas of study that further our understanding of adolescents and their place in society. Substantively, the Encyclopedia draws from four major areas of research relating to adolescence. The first broad area includes research relating to "Self, Identity and Development in Adolescence". This area covers research relating to identity, from early adolescence through emerging adulthood; basic aspects of development (e.g., biological, cognitive, social); and foundational developmental theories. In addition, this area focuses on various types of identity: gender, sexual, civic, moral, political, racial, spiritual, religious, and so forth. The second broad area centers on "Adolescents’ Social and Personal Relationships". This area of research examines the nature and influence of a variety of important relationships, including family, peer, friends, sexual and romantic as well as significant nonparental adults. The third area examines "Adolescents in Social Institutions". This area of research centers on the influence and nature of important institutions that serve as the socializing contexts for adolescents. These major institutions include schools, religious groups, justice systems, medical fields, cultural contexts, media, legal systems, economic structures, and youth organizations. "Adolescent Mental Health" constitutes the last major area of research. This broad area of research focuses on the wide variety of human thoughts, actions, and behaviors relating to mental health, from psychopathology to thriving. Major topic examples include deviance, violence, crime, pathology (DSM), normalcy, risk, victimization, disabilities, flow, and positive youth development.
Download or read book No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and the Workforce and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 1254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Field Hearing on the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education and Civil Rights and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This legislative hearing focuses on Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, and South Dakota's drug-prevention efforts. The emphasis here is on the efforts of rural states, rural communities, rural schools, and families to combat drug and alcohol abuse. Drug-free school programs are particularly emphasized. Also discussed are the issues various drug-prevention programs face, such as funding needs, the allocation of resources, the special problems faced by Native Americans, and other concerns. In addition to personal testimonies, which are recorded here verbatim, are a number of prepared statements by educators, project administrators, and students. (RJM)
