It's hardly surprising that almost half of all teachers reported they "Desire or plan to quit or transfer their jobs due to concerns about school climate and school safety," per a 2022 study by the American Psychological Association.
A 2021 Heritage Foundation survey asked if defunding school resource officers would make schools safer, and just 7% of teachers responded affirmatively.
An Ed Week Research Center poll from 2020 showed that, when asked if armed police officers should be eliminated from our nation's schools, only 20% of teachers, principals, and district leaders completely or partly agreed.
The Chicago Board of Education has just voted to approve a resolution to remove police officers from its schools by the beginning of next school year.
A better solution would be to ditch suspensions and, instead, if a kid breaks school rules, make him come to school early or stay late, or possibly expose him to some lectures on Saturday morning.
Larry Davis, deputy headteacher of Southfields Academy in Wimbledon, said the use of body cameras by a small number of staff "Had improved behavior and lessened the number of dangerous confrontations since they were introduced at the start of the school year." Also, a school official said police "Found evidence from the body cameras was more useful in making arrests, and that their presence was deterring disruptive behavior."
Schools can now buy emergency body cameras and call buttons for schoolteachers through school safety grants.
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