School Security Research Articles

Food Security and Hygiene Practice among Adolescent Girls in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State, Nigeria.

Inadequate food security contributes to poor health outcome for all, including adolescent girls. The study aims at determining the level of food security and hygiene among adolescent girls. A school-based cross-sectional study was carried out among adolescent girls aged 10 to 19 years old from six schools in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council, Borno State. The instrument for data collection was a questionnaire using KoBoCollect Toolbox between June and July 2019. Multivariable logistic regression was used to identify the predictors of food security and hygiene among respondents. A majority of the respondents (73.5%) were in a very low food security level. Three factors were significantly associated with food security level, these included schools (p = 0.007), age of mother (p = 0.004), and occupation of mother (p < 0.001). School (p = 0.003), age (father p = 0.017; mother; p = 0.012), hygiene (p = 0.005), and occupation of mother (p = 0.002) were predictors of food security. About (46.6%) of respondents had poor hygiene practice, school (p = 0.016) was significantly associated with hygiene practice. School (p = 0.019; and p = 0.005) and food security (p = 0.009) were predictors of hygiene practice. This study reveals a high prevalence of low food security among adolescent girls.

School Counselors’ Perceptions of School Shooting Causes and Protocols

ABSTRACT In order to ascertain school counselors’ beliefs regarding the causes of and strategies for preventing school shootings, 50 school counselors participated in a qualitative survey. The survey used Content Analysis to organize and analyze the school counselors’ responses into themes that represented their beliefs about school shootings. Overwhelmingly, the school counselors supported the provision of counseling services as a means to prevent school shootings and also supported some school security measures, as well as educational interventions targeting relationship building. The relevance of these findings are discussed in relation to current research and position statements on the causes and prevention of school shootings.

IMPLEMENTASI SIMPLE MULTI ATTRIBUTE RATING TECHNIQUE DALAM PEMILIHAN MINAT EKSTRAKURIKULER SISWA

Extracurricular activities are part of the internal learning process of schools as an effort to channel talent as a driver of fulfillment and student development. Among the extracurricular activities at school are (1) scouts, (2) Paskibraka, (3) Red Cross, (4) School security forces, (5) Nature lovers, (6) School health, (7) Scientific Youth, (7) 8) Sports, and (9) Arts. The choice of extracurricular interests is an important factor for students. The right choice will have an impact on improving the ability and skills of students themselves. For this reason, in this study the SMART method was implemented that could assist students in selecting extracurricular activities that they would like to do. The implementation of the SMART method is carried out by means of or through decision support information systems. The decision support information system development is using the waterfall method which has five stages, namely communication, planning, modeling, construction and deployment. The results of the development show that the resulting information system can run the SMART method correctly starting from charging the value of interest, weighting, utility, and gritting. These conditions can also be seen from the results of tests that show all components can be accepted or function aly.

Virginia leader to urge police out of schools, more MH resources

After hearing from students in July who want police out of their schools, Richmond, Virginia, Superintendent Jason Kamras said he will ask the school board to remove them, the Richmond Times‐Dispatch reported July 23. He said he'll then ask the City Council to give money budgeted for school resource officers to the school system, so Richmond Public Schools can hire mental health professionals. The money for the 13 officers assigned to work at the city's middle and high schools currently flows to the Richmond Police Department (RPD). There was no mention of the removal of school security guards. The bulk of the 121 arrests the RPD made in Richmond schools during the 2019–20 school year were for simple assault, marijuana or disorderly conduct. Marijuana possession has been decriminalized in Virginia, and it is now illegal to arrest students for disorderly conduct on school property. School systems in Denver; Portland, Oregon; and Oakland, California, all have cut ties with local police.

Assessing disparities in school safety: implications for promoting equality in current efforts to keep kids safe

Disproportionality in exposure to school safety strategies in the United States has received increasing attention across the literature. These inequalities are a very important topic for administrators and educators to consider when addressing school safety needs, as they have implications for how student behavior is processed. While research has extensively examined inequalities in exposure to school safety strategies using nationally representative, school-level data, we have extremely limited quantitative evidence regarding the extent to which students of different races/ethnicities experience school security measures differently when they are situated within the same school. Using person-in-environment perspective to guide inquiry into this phenomenon, this paper examines data from students in seven different high schools across one large, urban school district situated within an inner-city setting. Complex modeling was used to model fixed effects with consideration of the clustering of students within schools, thus controlling for shared variability of students within schools. Controlling for gender, socioeconomic status, performance, behavior, and attendance, results identify inequalities in engagement with security measures by race and ethnicity. Findings call for researchers and practitioners to regularly assess the way students interact with the school safety strategies in their school. Moreover, implications for addressing this phenomenon using an implicit bias framework to promote cultural inclusivity are discussed and recommendations for educators and administrators are provided.

School Safety in Terms of Occupational Safety Practices of Human Resources Management

Bu araştırmanın amacı okul güvenliği uygulamaları ve sorunlarına ilişkin yönetici ve öğretmen görüşlerini belirlemektir. Nitel araştırma modelinde yürütülen araştırmanın çalışma grubunu Bolu il merkezi devlet okullarında çalışan 15 öğretmen ve 15 yönetici oluşturmaktadır. Araştırma verileri yarı yapılandırılmış görüşme formu ile toplanmış, içerik analizi ve betimsel analizle çözümlenmiştir. Araştırma sonucunda katılımcılar, okulların güvenli bir ortam olması için fiziksel alanların güvenli hale getirilmesi, nöbetçi öğretmen-öğrenci ve güvenlik görevlisi görevlendirilmesi vb. görüşler belirtmişlerdir. Katılımcıların büyük çoğunluğu okulların güvenli ve yaşanabilir bir ortam olması konusunda sorunlar yaşanmadığını, yapılanların yeterli olduğunu belirtirken, bir kısmı da sorunların üstesinden gelmek için bilgilendirme ve rehberlik toplantıları/konferansları yapma, görüşünü belirtmiştir. Bununla birlikte mevzuat ve yasalardaki eksiklik, yetki yetersizliği dile getirilen görüşler arasındadır. Sorunların çözümüne yönelik yapılan öneriler ise toplantı ve konferansların daha sık yapılması, sevgi, saygı ve hoşgörü ortamının artırılması, okul güvenlik görevlisi sayısının artırılması, diğer kurumlarla işbirliği, fiziksel yeterliliklerin artırılması, yetkilerin artırılması vb. şeklindedir.

IMPLEMENTASI MANAJEMEN BERBASIS SEKOLAH DI SDN 1 MRANTI KEC. PURWOREJO KAB. PURWOREJO

School Based Management (SBM) can be interpreted as the use of school-based resources in the teaching or learning process. The research objective is to find out: Implementation of School Based Management in SDN 1 Mranti Kec. Purworejo Kab. Purworejo in the 2018/2019 school year. This research is a qualitative descriptive study. Informants or informants in this study are the principal, teachers, employees. Data collection techniques in this study were observation, interviews, documentation, data analysis in this study, namely: data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions. The results showed SDN 1 Mranti,. Purworejo, Purworejo has implemented School Management Components namely curriculum management and teaching programs, management of teaching staff, student management, financial management and financing, management of educational facilities and infrastructure, management of school relations with the community, and management of special services (library management, health management (UKS) , and school security management).

Security of Chemical Laboratories in Schools and Universities in Slovakia

Schools in Slovakia lack a deeper education and training in chemical security. It is not mandatory to educate students about chemical security during their studies at any educational level. An increasing number of terrorist attacks involving chemicals have highlighted a big gap in this area of education. Slovakia, as part of Central and Eastern Europe, can play an important role in chemical security. This paper presents the results of the current situation of chemical security in Slovak schools. There are 167 middle schools, high schools, and universities that comprise a representative sample of schools in the entire Slovakia. The situation is comparable to other countries but requires several improvements in this field. This paper also presents recommendations to the schools and the government. On the basis of the results achieved in the framework of the statistical research provided within this paper, the results will be implemented in Slovak study programs as well as future scientific and research work.

Developing the usage index for teaching with technology: A case study for Motheo district, South Africa

Virtual reality has taken the world by storm over the past decade where learners are allowed to gain experiences that are not possible with ordinary teaching methods. The interactive technological devices such as GeoGebra have made Euclidean geometry easy to understand by learners. The current study aimed to investigate the use of technology in the teaching of Grade 12 Euclidean geometry. This study used a four-dimensional model for teaching with technology in the investigation. All responses were averaged and normalised to produce an index for the measurement of the effective technology use in teaching of Euclidean geometry in Grade 12. The learning style of students contributes significantly to the use of technology in classes, particularly the audio-visual learning style. Bloemfontein showed a high number of learners ready to be taught through technology. However, this is in opposition to the teachers in terms of their age groups and enthusiasm to use technology. In Botshabelo and Thaba Nchu areas that were previously resource-disadvantaged, the current government has ensured that technological teaching resources are available where unfortunately their usage is not satisfactory, ranging from ‘maybe used’ to ‘less use of technology’ in teaching of Euclidean geometry in classroom. The authorities are therefore advised to hold technology workshops for senior teachers, reduce class sizes and tighten security in schools to avoid connecting and disconnecting of technological devices from one classroom to another to avoid wastage of teaching time.

Aerial bombardment and educational attainment

ABSTRACTThis paper provides evidence that the Allied bombing of Vietnam, the longest and heaviest aerial bombardment in history, imposed detrimental ramifications on educational attainment and future labor market outcomes of school-age individuals. By exploiting the plausibly exogenous district-by-cohort variation in bomb destruction under a difference-in-differences framework, we find that an increase in bomb intensity leads to significantly fewer educational years completed and lower future earnings for school-age children exposed to the bombardment. We further show that both the supply-side factors (inadequate school security and the lack of teachers) and the demand-side factors (residential casualties, restricted access to healthcare, damaged properties and increased reliance on welfare assistance) could be potential mechanisms driving the long-term consequences of aerial bombardment. Our findings underline the importance of conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction in promoting sustainable development.

In Search of a Safe School: Racialized Perceptions of Security and the School Choice Process

ABSTRACT Do school security policies affect how safe parents perceive schools to be, and do they influence parental choice behavior? We address these questions using data from a survey that asked U.S. parents to evaluate hypothetical schools whose security systems and student body racial composition were systematically varied, along with other school characteristics. Results indicate that parents identify schools with intensified security measures as less safe. Furthermore, parents are less willing to enroll their children in schools perceived as unsafe, schools with heightened security, and schools with high black enrollment. We discuss the implications of these findings for educational policy.

Comprehensive approaches to addressing mental health needs and enhancing school security: a hybrid type II cluster randomized trial

BackgroundSchool safety is fundamental to fostering positive outcomes for children. Violence remains a critical public health issue with 8.1% of elementary and 21.8% of middle school students reporting daily or weekly bullying in 2015–16. Similarly, over half of lifetime mental health concerns become evident before age 14. Thus, elementary school is a key time for comprehensive school safety interventions. Yet, interventions are rarely delivered with fidelity in community settings. Evidence-based interventions must be complemented by implementation strategies to achieve desired public health outcomes.MethodsWe develop and test an intervention focused on promoting a positive school climate guided by a school-based 3-person leadership team (3-PLT) using a hybrid Type II design. The 3-PLT includes a School Resource Officer, (SRO), administrator and mental health services professional as a newly appointed climate specialist (CS). The interventions to be delivered include 1) Restorative justice, 2) Mental Health First Aid and 3) Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design. The CS will lead the team and coordinate implementation through a process of interactive problem solving and supports, consistent with the implementation facilitation strategy. We will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial with staged entry over two school years in Genesee County, Michigan (n = 20 elementary schools, with 10 participating per school year). We will use a combination of data sources including data collected by schools (e.g., discipline data), a student survey, and a teacher survey. We will also conduct a process evaluation and assess implementation and sustainability through focus groups with key stakeholders, teachers, and students. Finally, we will conduct a cost-benefit analysis.DiscussionResults from both the behavioral outcome and implementation strategy evaluations are expected to have significant implications for school safety and student well-being. This study adopts a unique approach by integrating three evidence-based programs and incorporating implementation facilitation led by the CS as part of the 3-PLT to support intervention delivery and enhance public health impact among schools in disadvantaged communities with students at risk of poor health outcomes. This study aims to create a comprehensive, well-integrated model intervention that is sustainable and can be translated to similar high-risk settings.Trial registrationTrial was retrospectively registered, registration ISRCTN1226421, May 16, 2019.

Planning for school security

Headteachers are very much aware of the need to protect pupils and staff. However, navigating the guidance and legal obligations can be difficult. Suzanne O'Connell looks at new online advice to help those responsible for policy and practice

School Security?

"Schools rethink security training" was the headline on page 1 of the 30 December 2019 issue of The Baltimore Sun daily newspaper. The accompanying article went on to explain that Maryland school students felt unsafe at school. Students on average rated their physical safety at 3.5 and emotional safety at 5.4, each on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the best score. Many students gave their physical safety scores at 1 out of 10. And this is despite active shooter drills that are meant to teach them what to do if there is a violent confrontation, and in which they have all had to participate.

Optimization of Wireless Video Surveillance System for Smart Campus Based on Internet of Things

In order to strengthen school security and build a wireless smart campus, this article optimizes the existing wireless video surveillance system based on the Internet of Things. This paper first optimizes the surveillance quality in the video surveillance system, and proposes a zero-copy buffer strategy, a network congestion suppression strategy, and a codec rate coordination strategy. Secondly, for the distributed wide area video surveillance system, a tracking optimization method based on multi-camera fusion is proposed. Finally, this paper constructs a Bayesian monitoring event modeling method based on genetic algorithm. Experimental results show that the optimized video surveillance system has basically stable delay, significantly reduced packet loss rate, and smooth video playback. This method can effectively realize the coordinated tracking of multiple cameras in a wide-area monitoring scenario, achieve high tracking and monitoring performance, and meet the requirements of smart campus construction.

The Teacher’s Role in Raising The Intellectual Moderation Between High- school Student: دور المعلم في نشر الاعتدال الفكري لدى طلاب المرحلة الثانوية

The present study aimed at identifying the degree of appreciation of secondary school teachers for their efforts in instilling values ​​of intellectual moderation among students, as well as their degree of appreciation for the manifestations of religious extremism among students through interaction with family, teacher and student activities. To achieve these objectives, the researcher relied on the analytical descriptive method. The study reached a number of results, the most important of which is that intellectual moderation is a mediating of the understanding of the principles and values ​​of the Islamic religion prevailing in the society, and that one of the most important means of intellectual moderation and to instill the principles of good values ​​among young people, instill the spirit of cooperation and love among students, and intellectual extremism is a global phenomenon encompassing the whole world and not limited to a state. The study recommended the need to conduct a continuous study for students of secondary schools to identify those that may have manifestations of extremist thought, and the need for the resurrection of those involved in supervising the educational process by activating strategies to raise awareness of security in secondary schools to reduce the disadvantages of intellectual deviation among students.

Mass School Shootings and the Short-Run Impacts on Use of School Security Measures and Practices: National Evidence from the Columbine Tragedy

ABSTRACTFollowing high-profile school shootings, policymakers and educators seek ways to prevent such shootings, but there has been little research on school-level responses in the immediate aftermath of such events. This study examines how school-level security measures and practices changed after the 1999 Columbine shooting using a nationally representative sample of elementary school principals from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (N = 810). Exploiting variation in the timing of survey completion relative to the Columbine shooting, we used regression analysis to examine the use of seven security measures and practices before and after Columbine. Elementary schools were 16 percentage points more likely to lock exits after Columbine and, over time, were more likely to use visitor sign in procedures. School racial/ethnic composition had a moderating effect in some models. Implications for policy and schools are discussed.

Data-Driven Recommendations for Promoting Collaboration Among School Security Personnel and School Social Workers in the United States

Data-Driven Recommendations for Promoting Collaboration Among School Security Personnel and School Social Workers in the United States

Cyber security education is as essential as “the three R's”

Smartphones have diffused rapidly across South African society and constitute the most dominant information and communication technologies in everyday use. That being so, it is important to ensure that all South Africans know how to secure their smart devices. Doing so requires a high level of security awareness and knowledge. As yet, there is no formal curriculum addressing cyber security in South African schools. Indeed, it seems to be left to universities to teach cyber security principles, and they currently only do this when students take computing-related courses. The outcome of this approach is that only a very small percentage of South Africans, i.e. those who take computing courses at university, are made aware of cyber security risks and know how to take precautions. In this paper we found that, because this group is overwhelmingly male, this educational strategy disproportionately leaves young South African women vulnerable to cyber-attacks. We thus contend that cyber security ought to be taught as children learn the essential “3 Rs”—delivering requisite skills at University level does not adequately prepare young South Africans for a world where cyber security is an essential skill. Starting to provide awareness and knowledge at primary school, and embedding it across the curriculum would, in addition to ensuring that people have the skills when they need them, also remove the current gender imbalance in cyber security awareness.

Child-Reported Food Insecurity Is Negatively Associated with Household Food Security, Socioeconomic Status, Diet Diversity, and School Performance among Children Attending UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Schools in Lebanon

Recent studies have shown that children are able to accurately describe their own experiences of food insecurity; however, few studies have quantified this experience. We aimed to develop and validate a child food security scale to be used in Arabic-speaking countries. As part of the Healthy Kitchens Healthy Children study on food security and nutrition in schools, 14 questions were administered to 5-15-y-old children (n=1433) attending 4 UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees schools. We used statistical methods based on Item Response Theory to assess the internal validity of a proposed food security scale using these items. Further validation of the scale was conducted by examining associations with sociodemographic, economic, household food security, and diet diversity variables through logistic regression models adjusted for age, sex, and school of the children. A total of 1287 children (89.8%) provided complete responses to the questionnaire. Four items were dropped from the scale because of high infit statistics (>1.3) and high residual correlation with other items. The resulting 10-item scale had acceptable reliability (Cronbach α coefficient=0.89). Children who reported food insecurity were more likely to be from food-insecure households (OR: 2.3; P<0.001). Food-insecure children came from households with lower expenditures per capita (OR: 0.80; P=0.007) and higher household crowding (OR: 1.70; P=0.001), and had less educated mothers (OR: 0.89; P=0.009), lower household diet diversity (OR: 0.85; P<0.001), and lower household consumption of meat (OR: 0.89; P<0.001) and fruit (OR: 0.95; P=0.001). Child food insecurity was also associated with higher school absenteeism (OR: 1.64; P=0.01) and lower academic grades in languages and science (P<0.05). Child food security was accurately measured through a 10-item scale. This tool is appropriate to assess child food insecurity experience directly with children, and can be used in school-based interventions, where obtaining data from parents may be cumbersome.