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Podcast: Classroom Matters
Episode: Episode #22: School Violence: Where Do We Go From Here?
Description: Public education has seen a tragic increase in the amount of school shootings and overall school violence in the last ten years. Students are no longer just “duking it out” on the playground and then calling a truce. In today’s society teens are more likely to respond to difficult situations in a more violent fashion than in years past. Social media and the instant access to violent video games, music lyrics and television programs could be playing a part in this increase, but how do we help students learn better coping mechanisms and how are these violent incidents...