Media Hype or Stark Reality?

Violence in the Schools

Quotes from the Teacher Talk Forum on Violence in the Schools

Issues:

• Female Fighting and the "Male Dance"
• Gangs and Violence in the Schools
• Drugs and Violence in the Schools

Interventions

• Respect!
• Tips for Creating a Peaceful Classroom
• Alternate Responses
• Two Scenarios
• How to Intervene in a Fight

Peer Mediation

Peer Mediation in Two Schools

Credits and Special Thanks

Great Ideas!

• Using Violent and Nonviolent Methods to Solve Problems
• More or Less
• Which Clip Should We Use?
• Television and Violence

This document was last updated 6/30/97 by Chandra Hawley.
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