Parent Teacher Organization
Some questions you will need to consider and address in your oral or
written presentations:
- How has gun violence in schools heightened awareness of the issue of
gun conttrol?
- Find some statistics about violence in schools.
- What measures are schools taking to improve safety of students?
- What recommendations are other states (such as California) making to
curb violence?
- How has violence in schools affected the school communities where it
occurred?
Internet Resources:
- School
Violence and the Legal Rights of Students
- http://eric-web.tc.columbia.edu/monographs/uds/107/school_contents.html
- Key legal issues of students rights with mjor emphasis on court decisions.
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- Yahoo
- http://headlines.yahoo.com/Full_Coverage/US/Arkansas_School_Schooting/
- News stories about the Jonesboro shooting.
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- Gun Info
- http://www.guninfo.org
- Links to sites which are of interest ot anyone concerned over gun-related
injuries.
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- Pacific Center for Violence Prevention
- http://www.pcvp.org
- Under "Firearms" there are many gun-related topics including
statistics, literature, related sites, and fact sheets.
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- Wisconsin
Department of Tourism
- http://badger.state.wi.us/agencies/tourism/index.html
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- Library Resources:
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- Academic Abstracts
- SIRS on CD
- Editorials on File
- Chicago Tribune on CD
- CQ Researcher