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This Page is About Kids and Violence -

what it's about, what we can do about it

 

 
Click here for information about two new books on this long-standing, all-pervasive, devastatingly destructive problem we have in our schools and the connection it has to many adult problems in society. They will be available for purchase in our online bookstore in early 2004.

NPR on bullying - one of the worst school problems we have, and one we so often fail to resolve - sometimes, even, to notice!

 
The Fourth Purpose - John Taylor Gatto's website - offering The Enigma of Public Schools: The Fourth Purpose, A Three-Episode, Six-Hour Documentary Series and information about his marvelous book, The Underground History of Education, which documents fully how we got into this educational mess - and John's philosophy of real teaching, based on his experiences as Teacher of the Year, both for New York City (twice!) and for New York State. See also a list of John's articles on this website.
 
Philosophy Club - one brilliant answer from a poor school in San Francisco
 
Teaching Classics to the poor - the Bard College Clemente Course in the Humanities, a similar program in the New York City area
 
The Mumasatou Principle - another school's equally brilliant answer
 
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood - as educational model for what kids want and need
 
Dosing with Drugs - all too often used both as a first impulse and/or a last resort!