Research shows that parents' primary concern is that their children are safe at school.
Research also shows that there is a strong correlation between students feeling safe and their success in the classroom. Clearly, creating safe schools directly relates to the core goals of education. And clearly, educators want to work in safe schools. The need is for a process that gives school communities a systematic approach to the issue, a process that fits with continuous improvement and increased accountability standards. Unfortunately, such efforts are seldom part of a comprehensive plan and are rarely evaluated as to the effectiveness of the intervention.