School Violence

The growing problem of violence in schools in the United States has become a cause for concern in the twenty-first century. Part of the reason, some believe, is that schools do not pay much attention to those students that seem to have a problem. Therefore, most schools in the United States are not using the most effective methods possible to control school violence. At 11:19 am on April 20, 1999, two heavily armed young men stormed Columbine High …

…solution clearly works in all cases, each school should try their own methods. Different schools, in different communities, will differ in their reasonable interpretations of the same data; people disagree on “what works” partly because they disagree on what it means to “work”. Schools should be free to experiment with different systems to find the solution that is best for their own needs so that school violence can be controlled better in the United States.