The most common crime at school was theft. Despite the tragic and intolerable recent school shootings, children are safer in schools than in the community or home. There were also significant decreases between 1993 and 1997, in the percentages of high school students who carried a weapon on school property or were involved in a physical fight at school. Public school teachers are well educated . Public school teachers are better educated than private school teachers .
Teachers have literacy levels comparable to other college graduates .
The prose literacy of teachers is not significantly different from that of engineers, physicians, writers, sales representatives, registered nurses, and other college educated professionals. Scientists were the only professionals who had measurably higher prose literacy skills than teachers.