Joseph Peterson
Take and Defend a Stand Blog Assignment
School
Violence: Partnerships with Families For School Reform, by Tim Brubaker, Ellie
Brubaker, Mary Link
The
general public has realized that violence in schools has become a national
educational issue. The issue of school violence has led to certain schools
developing and implementing violence prevention and reduction programs. Besides
these programs, there are ways we can attempt to prevent this issue and make it
less of a problem for our society and education system. One of the biggest
indicators for school violence is the home situation of the student and the
amount of parental involvement in their child’s school and education.
Brubaker’s and Link’s article present evidence about the home life of a student
and the student parental involvement in school can determine if a child will participate
in school violence.
When
a student’s families are more involved in their education, the student is more
likely to succeed in school but also they are less likely to be involved with
violence within the school. With the school violence problem in our nation
getting out of hand schools are attempting reorganize the academic structure of
their school. With strong evidence supporting family educational support,
schools are attempting to improve the academic focus but also include the
students families within the educational structure. These anti-school violence groups are attempting to partner
with families of students in attempt to bring down school violence. The family
structure is critical to school violence, if a child is going through a tough
period at home or is around domestic violence the probability of the child
participating in school violence gets higher. Schools have emphasized the
importance in family values and involvement with education, because they have
noticed the trend of violence and family. The article provides evidence that “suggest
that there are similarities between students who do not engage in violence,
including a "positive family environment," and parents with
expectations and standards”(Brubaker, Brubaker, Link). Families “participation
makes a statement about their belief regarding the importance of school and of
nonviolent behavior” (Brubaker, Brubaker, Link).
Examples
of the correlation between family life and student violence and lack of success
can be pointed out in schools throughout America. An example worth noting of
this correlation, is the case of Jeffrey Dawson who is a 16-year-old sophomore
at a small, rural high school. Dawson has been twice suspended for violent
fights, where he displayed anger and aggression. School administrators looked
into why Jeffrey a student with a past of good grades, would be acting in this
manner. They found out that Jeffrey had problems at home which involved his
father abusing him throughout his life and later walking out on his family and
not paying the proper child support. After finding out this information the
school wanted to have a meeting with Jeffrey mother to find ways so they can
stop it from continuing. The meeting with families also provide a better
understanding of the situation of Jeffrey and now have a better ways to address
the situation in the classrooms.
Evidence
suggests that parental involvement with a student academic career will lead to
the decrease in student violence and also lead to a better academic performance.
Parents involved with a student academic life leads to improved student moral,
more value placed on education and also gives teachers more insight into how to
deal with particular students. All of these qualities also lead to a decrease
in the national problem of school violence.
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