Education Week – Evie Blad
“A new collection of federal data on school safety and climate released last week shows several positive trends. Fewer high school students reported being in physical fights on school grounds, fewer teens reported victimization at school, and fewer students reported carrying weapons at school, according to various federal data sources…In addition, the percentage of students who reported being “afraid of attack or harm at school or on the way to and from school” dropped from 12 percent in 1995 to 3 percent in 2013…The report comes at a time when a growing number of schools are working to address students’ needs for physical and emotional safety and to build supportive relationships throughout the school environment.”(more)