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In the Zone This Month:
January 2009
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This month, the P.O. Zone looks at school safety issues. Sticky Issues revisits the Crisis “Drill.” Professional Readings offers a roundup of national reports.
Theme
Safe Schools
From the headlines:
- “Sports Psychology Counselor lobbies for coaches to get more training,”, an article by Aaron Blankenship appearing in ThisWeek Community Newspapers (Columbus) on Tuesday, November 11, 2008, explains that “beginning in 2010, all paid and volunteer high school coaches will be required take the National Federation of State High School Association’s Fundamentals of Coaching Course.” Read more >
- “Schools required to teach Iternet safety Bill passed by Congress also calls on federal officials to track broadband penetration” More >
Cyberbullying
- Sameer Hinduja and Justin W. Patchin are Internet safety experts who are co-authors of the new book Bullying Beyond the Schoolyard: Preventing and Responding to Cyberbullying (Corwin Press, 2008). Mr. Hinduja is an assistant professor of criminology and criminal justice at Florida Atlantic University, and Mr. Patchin is an assistant professor of criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. Together they maintain www.cyberbullying.us, an information clearinghouse on cyberbullying.
- Another website about cyberbullying: WiredSafety, a nonprofit online safety and help group, offers guidance on its website, www.stopcyberbullying.org
Feature
Bullying
Two articles from the Archives address this aspect of school safety::
- Creating Safe Schools: Combating the Problem of Bullying by “Fighting Back” in Different Ways: A collection of ideas in order to reduce the incidents of bullying in a school district, and establish a method and hierarchy for dealing with problems of bullying (November 2006)
- Collaboration in Schools: Combating the Problem of Bullying with a Team Approach focuses on incorporating parents and community members as well as educators in the battle (December 2006)
Political Landscape
The Political Landscape section contains a collection of news items and essays on policy issues, state and federal legislation, academic standards, testing issues, the politics of funding, etc.
This month in the Political Landscape, the League of Women Voters’ Joan Platz reports on the last acts of the 127th General Assembly, Ohio’s fiscal crisis, charter schools, the State Board of Education, international education in Ohio, and national education news.
Contributors of the Month
Caroline Baker, M.S., National Certified Counselor
Beth Camp, M.S., National Certified Counselor
Joan Platz, League of Women Voters
Ken Chamberlain, College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University (photo)
