Creating Safe Schools: A Guide to School Safety Work

Author: (USA) Duke
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: It is the inescapable responsibility of educators to create safe schools for all students. In this book, the author first reviews school safety issues and recent developments. He then researches and analyzes six perspectives and methods for thinking about school safety, namely educational, psychological, organizational, political, cultural, and design perspectives. Subsequently, he delves into seven standards of school safety, lists examples of school safety issues, and summarizes practical and actionable recommendations, covering proactive preventive measures to effective response methods, comprehensively guiding the actual process of creating safe schools. Finally, the author discusses questions raised by educators and the public regarding school safety, as well as lessons learned in maintaining school safety. This book serves as a reference and guide for educators concerned about school safety, especially principals of primary and secondary schools.