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There is no accurate or useful 'profile' of students who engage in targeted school violence. Some come from good homes, some from bad. Some…

— Bill Dedman

A symptomatic example of the way in which violence has saturated everyday life can be seen in the increased acceptance of criminalizing the behavior…

— Henry Giroux

School is now a place where punishment and discipline are prioritized over serving students and educating them. Any moment where a student falls outside…

— Kimberle Williams Crenshaw

Violence comes in many forms and can be particularly disturbing when confronted in an educational setting if handled dismissively or in ways that blame…

— Henry Giroux

The schools play an important role when it comes down to protecting children against violence.Violence is one of the principal reasons why children don't…

— Shakira

It's hard to say whether the general incidence of school violence of all types is increasing or not.

— Bill Dedman

“The first school shooting that attracted the attention of a horrified nation occurred on March 24, 1998, in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Two boys opened fire…

— Jackson Katz

Politicians pass laws for gun-free school zones. They issue press releases bragging about them. They post signs advertising them, and in doing so, they…

— Wayne LaPierre

There is a subconscious way of taking violence as a way of expression, as a normality, and it has a lot of effects in…

— Salma Hayek

“The police have also been under hostile scrutiny because of their handling of the student protests over fees. I sympathise: they’re in an impossible…

— David Mitchell

“The problem is that we have been encouraged to be victims rather than to defend ourselves. “We’ve moved towards an idea where the government…

— Chris Bird

“dissociating put me at higher risk for attacks in my neighborhood and at school, making me more easily identified by sexual predators”

— Olga Trujillo