Creating Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Schools: Challenges and Solutions

by Christopher C. Morphew (Editor), Vanya C. Jones (Editor), Ashley Cureton (Editor)

Overview

Evidence-based approaches to building safe, healthy, and inclusive schools for all children.

School safety has become a critical topic of concern in educational contexts. In this book, editors Christopher C. Morphew, Vanya C. Jones, and Ashley Cureton bring together a timely collection of essays to outline the obstacles to and most promising approaches for creating safe, healthy, and inclusive schools for all children. Challenging the current national discourse around school safety as a form of violence prevention, contributors broaden our view of safe schools to include places that are accessible and equitable for all youth, particularly those from historically marginalized communities.

Chapters provide historical perspectives on and holistic solutions for supporting youth development and ensuring safe spaces for children to learn and grow. A broad range of interdisciplinary scholars apply their expertise to discuss evidence-based practices, programs, tools, and policies integral to developing safe and healthy school environments. Contributors cover topics such as suicide prevention, trauma-sensitive schools, bullying and cyberbullying, social media and technology, mental health promotion, family and community engagement, and school security.

Tailored to school leaders, teachers, policymakers, safety officers, and researchers who are invested in making schools safe and inclusive places, Creating Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Schools draws on a trauma-informed and youth-centered perspective.

Contributors: Annette Campbell Anderson, Megan Collins, Ruth Faden, Michele Gay, Ashley A. Grant, Sheldon F. Greenberg, Odis Johnson Jr., Sara Johnson, Jonathan M. Links, Richard Lofton Jr., Douglas J. Mac Iver, Olivia Marcucci, Beth Marshall, Andrew Nicklin, Asari Offiong, Terrinieka W. Powell, Alan Regenberg, Chris Swanson, Holly C. Wilcox

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781421449784
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/05/2024
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.99(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Christopher C. Morphew (BALTIMORE, MD) is the dean of Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education, where he is also a professor. He is the coeditor of The Challenge of Independent Colleges: Moving Research to Practice and Privatizing the Public University: Perspectives from across the Academy.

Vanya C. Jones (BALTIMORE, MD) is an assistant dean for community-engaged research and associate professor in the School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University.

Ashley Cureton (ANN ARBOR, MI) is an assistant professor in the School of Social Work and the Marsal Family School of Education at the University of Michigan.

Table of Contents

1. (Re)Defining What Constitutes a Safe and Healthy School, by Christopher C. Morphew and Jonathan M. Links
2. Safe and Healthy Schools in Preschool Settings, by Chris Swanson
3. School-based Suicide Prevention Interventions for Cultivating Mental Health Safety, by Holly C. Wilcox
4. Asset-based Approaches for Diverse Populations in Schools, by Beth Marshall, Terrinieka W. Powell, and Asari Offiong
5. The Mundane Terror Black Students Experience in their Schools and Communities, by Richard Lofton Jr.
6. Schools as Part of a Carceral System, by Odis Johnson Jr.
7. The Role of School Resource Officers, by Sheldon "Shelly" Greenberg
8. Restorative Practices, by Ashley A. Grant, Olivia Marcucci, and Douglas J. Mac Iver
9. K-12 Schools in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Public Health Mitigation, Equity Considerations, and the Impact of Education Disruption on the Nation's Most Disadvantaged Youth, by Megan Collins, Sara Johnson, Alan Regenberg, Annette Anderson, Beth Marshall, Andrew Nicklin, and Ruth Faden
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What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This welcome and timely book raises the bar, expanding our understanding of 'school safety' to include mental health, freedom from disinvestment and structural violence, and freedom from cultural erasure. It returns us to a discussion of the positive development of youth, a discussion often lost in the mad chase for test scores.
—Charles M. Payne, coeditor of Dignity-Affirming Education: Cultivating the Somebodiness of Students and Educators

A must-read on what it means to be a safe and healthy school. The text weaves together interdisciplinary evidence and perspective in a way that is comprehensive yet highly accessible, with a full understanding of individual and community differences in how a 'safe' school is defined and prioritized.
—Sandra M. Chafouleas, University of Connecticut Collaboratory on School and Child Health

Creating Safe, Healthy, and Inclusive Schools takes an interdisciplinary approach to address some of the most stubborn problems in K–12 education. Each chapter presents evidence-based solutions that are clear, bold, and practical. This book will be a tremendous resource for anyone interested in creating supportive learning environments for disadvantaged youth.
—Sean J. Drake, author of Academic Apartheid: Race and the Criminalization of Failure in an American Suburb