Describes a safety program for teaching science. In the summer of 1999, specific Wisconsin safety laws, codes, and standards were researched and a training program including content, training sites, and dates was developed. One-day training programs were planned for six regions throughout the state. (SAH)

Discusses ways to use lighting to provide a safe environment, reduce vandalism, improve visibility, and reduce overall liability for colleges. Guidelines for outdoor, parking, and emergency lighting are discussed. (GR)

Examines violence prevention programs nationwide, which are not only changing student behavior but also laying the foundation of morality, honesty, respect, and accountability within U.S. students. Successful programs target specific populations, build individual skills, include parent effectiveness training, and encourage changes in peer group…

Study addresses school violence and dropout and proposes that the underlying factor of school connectedness/school climate should guide preventive and intervention efforts. Principal components analysis revealed five distinct factors: school connectedness/positive school climate, causes of violence, causes of school dropout, interventions for drop…

Provides steps school administrators can take to ensure safe construction: stay visible, update students, separate students and construction workers, engage workers in the educational process, monitor student movement, observe construction workers, barricade work areas, watch for stored materials, check emergency exits daily, conduct fire drills,…

Explains the reasons for allergies to latex gloves and includes suggestions for individuals at risk. (YDS)

A person-process-context ecological systems model provides an organizing framework for examining student and parental perceptions of school safety. Overall, adolescent age, SES, and neighborhood predicted school characteristics. School characteristics predicted parental involvement in schools, peers' educational expectations, exposure to…

Describes Stanford University's campus safety plan, asserting that it allows officials to act quickly, preserve lives, protect the institution's intellectual property, and maintain its academic mission. (EV)

Describes efforts toward improved fire safety measures and regulations by individual institutions of higher education, states, national associations, and Congress after three students were killed in a dormitory fire at Seton Hall University (New Jersey) last fall. Emphasis is on the need for sprinklers in all dormitory rooms. (DB)

Reports on efforts at several colleges (Ithaca College, New York; Princeton University, New Jersey; Luther College, Iowa; and Vassar College, New York) to end such school traditions as nude streaking or naked soccer, usually accompanied by heavy drinking. School officials see such activities as significant threats to students' health and safety.…

Reports on a research project to determine if students possess and comprehend basic safety knowledge. Shows a significant increase in the amount of safety knowledge gained when students are exposed to various topics in laboratory safety and are held accountable for learning the information as required in a laboratory safety course. (Author/MM)

Describes principal-initiated process to develop and implement a disaster preparedness plan for a rural elementary school. (PKP)

In this article, the author, a principal of Buckeye Valley High School, Delaware, Ohio, focuses on how to generate a building readiness plan. He suggests that school administrators should have a readily available notebook of emergency response procedures to ensure students' safety. Among other things, he recommends creation of a building…

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, prompted federal officials to step up campaigns to make schools safe. After visiting Ground Zero at New York City's World Trade Center, Education Secretary Rodney Paige sent each chief state school officer suggestions for managing school crises. Many states also have school safety plans in place. New…

This article discusses the need for physical protection and care of infants and young children and families. One of the most important preventable challenges to children's physical safety and protection is toxic substances in their environment. Many toxic substances that affect the central nervous system are in drinking water, soil, air, and areas…