The growing problem of violence in schools in the United States has become a cause for concern in the twenty-first century. Part of the reason, some belief, is that schools do not pay much attention to those students that seem to have a problem. Therefore, most schools in the United States are not using the most effective methods to control school violence.
At 11:19 am on April 20, 1999, two heavily armed young men stormed Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado. Video surveillance cameras had every movement of Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on tape. At the same time, the two young men wounded twenty-eight people, killed fifteen, and then turned the guns on themselves. The victims' families and many other nation people are still asking many questions. "What took SWAT teams more than forty-five minutes-almost the entire length of the rampage-to get inside of the school and another three-plus hours to get to the library?" Many fatal school attacks have happened since 1996, all of which were highly shocking to the public.
School violence is a severe problem, especially in public schools. Improving the quality of American education is difficult without addressing school violence since no matter how good the teachers or curriculum are, violence makes it
difficult for students to learn. In fact, in the "Millennium School 2000" survey, ninety-three percent say that school safety strongly impacts academic performance.
School violence wears many faces. It includes gang activity, locker thefts, bullying, gun use, assault, and just about anything that has a victim. Violence is
perpetrated against students, teachers, and staff and ranges from intentional revenge to accidental killings of bystanders. Often, discussions of school violence are grouped with panels of school discipline, generally both involve questions of how to maintain order in a school.
Today the possibility that a disagreement among students will be settled...