1.4: Safety, Discipline, and Drugs

Promote safe, disciplined, and drug-free learning environments.

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While a focus on providing the best instruction in core academic disciplines, such as reading and mathematics, is one key to helping students succeed academically, schools also must work to create a school climate that is safe and drug free and provide the framework and context for academic success, as well as for healthy youth development. The Department will support programs and activities designed to help schools respond to crises, address the needs of at-risk youths, and encourage students to develop the skills they need to become healthy, responsible, and productive citizens. Strategy 1. Identify and disseminate information about the most effective practices that create a safe, disciplined, and drug-free school climate. The Department will continue efforts to identify and share information with schools and communities about the best strategies in a variety of areas, including planning to respond to crises, preventing youth drug use and violence, encouraging healthy development, and helping students develop strong character and personal and civic responsibility. Strategy 2. Provide training and technical assistance to help achieve this objective. The Department will assist school personnel and others to acquire the information and skills they need to adopt and implement the best programs, activities, and strategies to create a safe, disciplined, and drug-free school climate conducive for learning. External factors -- The decisions that children make about a variety of behaviors, including drug use or involvement in violent activity, are affected by several factors, including community norms and media influences, which are outside of the control of schools. While the Department cannot control these kinds of factors, it will support schools as they work to mitigate their influence.

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