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Essay Instructions: You will choose one research article related to the chosen topic, Violence in Schools. The articles can come from the Regis Database (http://libguides.regis.edu/atozdatabases) or any site that publishes scholarly work.

Below are some references I have put together.

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). Understanding school violence. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/schoolviolence_factsheet-a.pdf

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated violent death study. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/youthviolence/schoolviolence/SAVD.html

Center for Disease Control (CDC). (2012). School-associated student homicides. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5702a1.htm

Chicago Public School students shot this school year highest since 2008. (2012, June 26). Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/26/chicago-public-school-stu_n_1627258.html

Elliott, Delbert S., Hamburg, Beatrice., & Williams, Kirk R. (1998). Violence in American schools: A new perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Furlong, Michael., Morrison, Gale., Skiba, Russell., & Cornell, Dewey. (2004). Issues in school violence research. Binghamton: The Haworth Press.

Hill, Susan C., & Drolet, Judy C. (2009). School-related violence among high school students in the United States, 1993-1995. Journal of School Health (69)7, 264-272.

Kozol, Johnathan. (2012). Savage inequalities: Children in America's schools. New York: Crown Publishing Group.

Mills, Martin. (2001). Challenging violence in schools. Philadelphia: Open University Press.

National Center for Education Statistics. (2011). Indicators of school crime and safety. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://nces.ed.gov/programs/crimeindicators/crimeindicators2011/index.asp

Prothrow-Stith, Deborah., & Quaday, Sher. (1995). Hidden casualties: The relationship between violence and learning. Washington D.C.: National Health and Education Consortium.

Rose, Ingrid. (2009). School violence: Studies in alienation, revenge, and redemption. London: Karnac Books.

Schechter DS (2011, February 16). Forecasting Aggression: What Makes Some Troubled Youth Turn Violent? Cerebrum. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.dana.org/news/cerebrum/detail.aspx?id=30762

Timeline: A history of violence in American schools. (2012, December 14). CTV News. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www.ctvnews.ca/world/timeline-a-history-of-violence-in-american-schools-1.1079657

U.S. Department of Education. (2002). The final report and findings of the safe school initiative. Retrieved January 29, 2013, from http://www2.ed.gov/admins/lead/safety/preventingattacksreport.pdf

Essay Instructions: It needs to implement a plan to reduce school violence. 6 pages in body with a title and bibliography page. It needs to cite 4 sources. If you have any questions you can email me at melissa.y.mil

Essay Instructions: Assignment Guidelines:

1. Select the (2) parents you will interview. These parents must have children attending public schools in urban Los Angeles.

2. Communities are shaped through race and class relations. For your interviews, you will address ONE of the following topics: MILITARIZATION OF SCHOOLS, PRIVATIZATION OF EDUCATION, TRACKING AND ABILITY GROUPING, EUROCENTRIC CURRICULA, SCHOOL VIOLENCE, POLICE BRUTALITY AND YOUTH, UNDERFUNDING OF EDUCATION, YOUTH, PARENT, and/or TEACHER ORGANIZING, etc.

3. With your selected topic in mind, develop questions that ask parents to articulate their understanding of the manner in which any of the above issues affect their parental involvement in their children’s schooling and/or their children’s equality of educational opportunity.

4. Turn-in a 1-page project description that identifies the parents you will be interviewing and the research questions you will be asking (you may want to talk with other students in class, to get a sense of the types of questions being generated). The project description is due NO LATER than Week 6 in class, although you may choose to turn it in beforehand.

5. Interview the parent(s) and document their answers in the most convenient manner—recording the interview is highly suggested, but you will need to work that out with the parent(s).

6. Carefully analyze and reflect on the parents’ answers to your questions.

7. Your report should include the following:

1) Demographics Section: A description of the parents and children that were the subjects of your interview.
2) Interview Summary: The interview questions and a summary of the answers.
3) Interview Analysis: A discussion of your analysis and understanding of the parents’ answers. In your analysis, YOU SHOULD BRING IN SOME OF THE CONCEPTS/IDEAS/ISSUES DISCUSSED IN THE READINGS FOR THIS COURSE, and use these concepts/ideas/issues to interpret and frame parents’ responses. This should be at least 3 pages in length, as it is the heart of your interview project.

Essay Instructions: Title of article: Youth and School Violence (USA)

1. Summarize the article

2. State the authors and purpose of the article

3. The article must be from a peer review journal such as American Journal of Public Health, American Journal of School Health, Journal of Health Education, Journal of Health counseling, Nusing, etc.

4. Give recommendations for teachers, administrators, school nurses,staff, parents in the school district.

The article must be retrievable along with website.

Please use APA style ONLY.