Creating A Safer And More Productive School Environment For All Students

2017 Enforcement of Dress Codes in Schools At a local elementary school, a fifth grade girl is teased by classmates about her clothes being raggedy and not so stylish. Five weeks later, she overdosed on her mother’s pain medication and died at the local hospital. Beside her bed, her mom found a note that said, “I am so tired of people making fun of me and my clothes.” All elementary schools, middle schools and high schools should enforce a dress code. Schools that were reported to not enforce

Bullying and Ostracization of Children in School Bullying and Ostracization of children has become a significant problem in schools. “School bullying statistics in the United States show that about one in four kids in the U.S. are bullied on a regular basis.” (“School Bullying Statistics”. (n.d.)) According to Merriam-Webster online dictionary (2017), bullying is “to tease, hurt, or threaten a smaller or weaker person”, and ostracization is “to not allow (someone) to be included in a group”. Many

providing more emotional outlets at schools, and creating safer environments the number of annual victims can be decreased. Living in a house full of mistreatment and abuse can eat away at a teenager more than many would like to admit. Abuse (physical, sexual, psychological) has no benefits, instead it causes individuals to see themselves as not enough and that they are not wanted anywhere. Teenagers are already vulnerable to the pressures of high school, and trying to find themselves. In school there

A Uniformed School Day Uniforms have been a key element in promoting a successful, safe and unified establishment. Those successful establishments could possibly include a private high school, a sporting team, or even a business. Typically, private schools enforce the policy that a uniform most be worn by all enrolled students. But why hasn’t the majority of traditional public schools, developed uniform policies? Benefits of uniforms within schools may include, students feeling more professional

School Safety Bronze R. Green Faulkner State Community College Authors Note Bronze R. Green, Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College. Bronze R. Green remains at Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bronze R. Green, Department of Criminal Justice, Faulkner State Community College, Bay Minette, AL 36057. Contact: bronze.green@yahoo.com   Abstract This paper explores published articles

in the field of education want to provide students with an optimum learning experience by creating a favorable atmosphere (Lane & McWhirter, 1992). Dauber and Epstein stated that a healthy learning environment in school can lead to academic achievement (as cited in J. Noaks & L. Noaks, 2009). Within existing educational structure opportunities for empowerment of students is limited, according to Wyness (as cited in Sellman, 2011). Educators spend more time teaching pupils how to be good citizens

safe are our children at school? This question is asked every time we hear about a school violence in the United States. The federal government passed the Zero tolerance policy in 1994 which required students found in possession of guns, knives, drugs and alcohol to be expelled from school. Zero Tolerance policy came into limelight in 1999 Columbine school shooting, where two students killed 13 and injured 24 others. Schools have zero tolerance policies to keep the students disciplined and to prevent

Imagine a student falling asleep in class or even not completing their class work in time because they were too tired that day. The teacher comes up to them and questions why they are sleeping during the class. Tons of students in public schools would use the same old excuse saying that they did not get enough sleep the night before. Sadly, this excuse is true for most people who use it. How come it is true most of the time? That is because these students stayed up late at night completing assignments

into something much more complex than that. The challenges our Educators are experiencing today are far more different than the ones they faced ten years ago. Technology has introduced some valuable tools that has vastly improved the way school administrators and parents are educating their children, but this type of advancement came with some risks. The influences of social media and the need to “keep up with the jones”, amongst other things, has caused our educational environment to changed drastically

Violence in our schools is an issue that has become more prominent in the last few years. News articles about violent deeds within the school setting are on the increase. Our society demands that schools are safe for our children. In order to maintain a peaceful environment for all, we must address and inform our schools, children, and parents as well as the neighboring communities about the issue of school violence. As David W. Johnson, the author of Reducing School Violence states, “To eliminate