Timing Is Key: Be Ready to Act if a Pandemic Occurs
Carter Mecher, M.D., one of the authors of the National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza: Implementation Plan, is the clinical manager of the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN7) in Atlanta. He...
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Influenza Pandemic Mitigation: Schools Play Major Role Timing Is Key: Be Ready to Act if a Pandemic Occurs Elements of School Pandemic Plans ED Pandemic Planning Resources on The Web Seattle Public...
View ArticleOSDFS Official Discusses Study that Tracks School Deaths
Bill Modzeleski serves as associate assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools. The Challenge interviewed Modzeleski recently to discuss...
View ArticleLessons Learned Will Help Schools Contend with Crisis
When a school has put its crisis plan into action, that process later becomes a learning event for those involved as well as for other school districts. The U.S. Department of Education’s Readiness and...
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Webcast Focuses on School Safety Shortly after the White House Conference on School Safety, the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) hosted a webcast focused on school safety and emergency...
View ArticlePreventing School Violence: Plans Make it Possible
Despite the fact that schools remain one of the safest places for our children, recent tragic school events, such as the shootings at Virginia Tech, Platte Canyon High School, and the Amish schoolhouse...
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2006 U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics; U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, December 2006 Violence and...
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OSDFS Emergency Planning Web Site U.S. Department of Education, Offi ce of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, 2007 This Web site provides resources that schools can use for all aspects of emergency and crisis...
View ArticleWhite House Conference Encourages Participants to Take Threats Seriously
In fall 2006, national experts on school safety, politicians, law enforcement agents, school faculty, and community members met in Washington, D.C., to highlight best practices for making schools safe,...
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Preventing School Violence: Plans Make it Possible INTERVIEW: OSDFS Official Discusses Study that Tracks School Deaths White House Conference Encourages Participants to Take Threats Seriously Lessons...
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