Despite widespread criticisms of zero tolerance policies, few empirical studies have investigated the relationship of zero tolerance with school safety. More generally, the Government Accountability Office report on school shootings noted the need for research on the link between school discipline and ...
Firearm homicides are a leading cause of death in the US among individuals younger than 44 years,1 with over 21 000 deaths from mass shootings between 2014 and 2022.2 In response to the 2018 Parkland high school shooting that killed 17 people, Florida’s legislature enacted a red fl...
Florida mandates that public and private school students comply with the required vaccine schedule to enroll in classes, with exemptions for medical or religious reasons. CBS News Miami reporter Joe Gorchow asked Dr. Ale if the rates she looked at in Broward Schools are similar to playing t...
“Work over decades has shown that strong social bonds are protective in reducing suicide risk. Schools are key settings for youth socialization, and in many communities are a central place for youth to develop bonds to competent adults. Learning more about the types of schoo...
The U.S. Education Department said it is investigating Denver Public Schools for alleged discrimination after the district converted a girl’s restroom on the second floor of East High School into an all-gender restroom while leaving the other bathroom exclusively for male students Ass...
A new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health researcher has found that states with higher estimated rates of gun ownership experience a higher incidence of non-stranger firearms homicides – disputing the claim that gun ownership deters
an instructor of Pediatrics at the Perelman School of Medicine and a pediatric hospitalist and health services researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. "Now that we have confirmed exposure to shootings negatively impacts the mental health of children, we can work to develop ways to provid...
which then caused stocks to fall. While it makes sense that bond yields would increase because of inflation to make up for the decline in purchasing power, this hasn’t borne out in the past. The historical data shows bond yields are more likely to reflect past inflation than future inflatio...
School shootingsGun ownershipGun regulationPurpose This study examines the relationship between state gun ownership rates and school firearm incidents (n = 1275) and injured/killed victims (n = 2026) of these incidents over a forty-year period (1980鈥 2019). It also investigates whether child ...