A Guide to Safe Schools

These discussion forums are intended to provide a place to share ideas and ask questions of experts in the field.  If this is your first time visiting our discussions, please refer to our Etiquette Guidelines before joining in.  We are currently running two discussions on school safety:

Early Warning, Timely Response:  A Guide to Safe Schools - discussion
Kevin Dwyer, President-elect of the National Association of School Psychologists, has been answering questions related to the Guide.

School Violence:  A Response to the Tragedy in Littleton - discussion
The CECP has developed a discussion forum for responses to the tragedy in Littleton.  Read and respond to President Clinton's remarks, and post your questions and comments. The discussion will be moderated by Senior CECP Staff. 

• President Clinton's Discussion with Students at T.C. Williams High School, April 22, 1999
• Statement by Secretary Riley, April 21, 1999
• Excerpt from President Clinton's Remarks Regarding Denver Shooting -- April 20, 1999 
  (Full Text available here)

We don't know yet all the hows or whys of this tragedy. Perhaps we many never fully understand it. St. Paul reminds us that we all see things in this life through a glass darkly, that we only partly understand what is happening.

We do know that we must do more to reach out to our children and teach them to express their anger and to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons. And we do know we have to do more to recognize the early warning signs that are sent before children act violently.

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