Recently, I reintroduced bipartisan legislation to help prevent bullying and harassment -- the Safe Schools Improvement Act.
We can work harder at creating emotionally safe schools where bullying and rejection are antithetical to school spirit.
All children should be permitted to attend safe schools that provide discipline and academic challenges--and that reinforce the values parents teach at home.
This event will highlight the progress that certain governments have made with regards to safe schools initiatives and present challenges met in their implementation.
Senior Minister Education, Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq, in his speech, especially appreciated the efforts of UNESCO in organizing this important seminar on healthy and safe schools.
"The most significant fact is that nearly 90 percent of these individuals had first brought a weapon to school, " said Ron Stephens, executive director of the National Safe Schools Center.
And the Safe Schools Improvement Act, sponsored by Senator Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Representative Linda Sanchez of California, would require school districts to adopt codes of conduct specifically prohibiting bullying and harassment, including on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion.
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The workshop gathered officials from PDMA, elementary and secondary education department, communication and works department, Pakistan army, police department, academia, private sector school organizations, UN agencies, and other civil society organizations on a common platform to urge and emphasize need of safe schools, especially in the scenario of floods and earthquake.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that if school districts decide that arming teachers is the best way to keep schools safe, so be it.
Based on good practices and effective strategies drawn from national experiences, a concrete course of action on how to make schools safe will be developed.
In starting Safe At Home, we decided to focus on the education of children by establishing safe rooms in schools, which we call Margaret's Place, in memory of my mom.
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Oklahoma State Superintendent Janet Barresi "is very interested in discussing the need for safe rooms in schools once we get past this disaster, " said Sherry Fair, a spokeswoman for the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
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In the area ballots, Kent's schools look safe, because the petitioners have to get about 60, 000 signatures.
So while the existing grammar schools are safe with us, we will not promote the opening of new ones.
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We're here to speak for millions in our inner cities who long for real jobs, safe neighborhoods, and schools that truly teach.
But tornado-prone stretches of the U.S., which include North Texas and Kansas, should consider requiring the so-called safe rooms at new schools, he said.
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That belief is the reason this country has been able to build a strong military to keep us safe, and public schools to educate our children.
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That is why my wife, Ali, and I started the Joe Torre Safe At Home Foundation, which provides education and safe rooms in middle schools for children caught in an abusive environment.
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The project is being run in conjunction with schools which belong to the Safe and Friendly Environment, a partnership between police, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive and schools.
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The principle is simple: All parents should be free to choose good, safe, drug-free schools that work.
Ms. ALICE RIVLIN (Former Director, Office of Management and Budget): Safe and drug-free schools was one of our candidates for elimination.
"The vast majority of schools are very safe places and it is a small minority of pupils that are involved in more serious misbehaviour, " he said.
In America today, a house in a safe neighborhood with good public schools featuring a convenient commute to the central business district of an economically vibrant city is a scarce commodity.
Schools should be a safe haven for girls, but instead, they are too often a place of fear and danger.
Some newer schools in Moore have safe rooms, including Kelly Elementary School, which was rebuilt after it was flattened by a deadly 1999 tornado.
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The central theme of the seminar revolved around school health, school safety and overall behavior change for safe and healthy school environment in schools.
Or should we play it safe and have our students attend schools that look like the schools I attended 30 years ago and my parents attended 60 years ago and grandparents, 90 years ago?
He said that while schools should be as safe as possible a balance had to be struck and "it would be unacceptable to carry measures to the point where schools were turned into fortresses".
We're talking about knowing your pension is safe, your health insurance is reliable, your elderly parents and your children are going to be cared for, your neighborhood is safe, there's decent schools, and that your kids are going to be able to grow up and if they desire and you desire, be able to attend college.
We all want good jobs, good schools, health care, safe streets, a clean environment.
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