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H1N1 Flu Information (Aug 07, 2009)
Information on the H1N1 flu.
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FY 2009 Awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (Jun 25, 2009)
FY 2009 Announcement of awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse program
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Emergency Planning: Influenza Outbreak (Apr 28, 2009)
Scientists predict that the world is due for a global outbreak, or pandemic, of influenza. The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with the health experts and agencies across the federal government to ensure that, in the case of pandemic flu, our operations and the services we provide will continue.
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FY 2008 Awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (Jul 23, 2008)
FY 2008 Announcement of awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse program
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Federal Assistance to the Mid-West: Information (Jun 30, 2008)
This page provides information as of Thursday, June 26, 2008, for counties in eight states -- Iowa , Illinois , Mississippi , Nebraska , Indiana , Wisconsin , Minnesota , and Missouri have been designated major disaster areas due to severe weather. Contains a list of those designated counties and where FEMA assistance and websites can be found.
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Threat Assessment in Schools: A Guide to Managing Threatening Situations and to Creating Safe School Climates (PDF) (Nov 09, 2007)
This document takes the findings of the Safe School Initiative one step further by setting forth a process for identifying, assessing, and managing students who may pose a threat of targeted violence in schools. This is the 2004 guide.
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The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (PDF) (Nov 09, 2007)
The Safe School Initiative drew from the Secret Service's experience in studying and preventing assassination and other types of targeted violence and the Department of Education's expertise in helping schools facilitate learning through the creation of safe environments for students, faculty, and staff. This document, the Safe School Initiative's final report, details how our two agencies studied school-based attacks and what we found.
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MRSA in Schools (MS Word) (Oct 29, 2007)
Answers to commonly asked questions about Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) skin infections in schools (from the U.S. Department of Education). (MS Word)
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FY 2007 Awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (Oct 04, 2007)
FY 2007 Announcement of awards for Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse program
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Secretary's Letter on Community Mitigation Guidelines for Pandemic Flu (Feb 02, 2007)
February 2007 Dear Colleague letter: Across the nation, educators are working with partners in local communities to prepare for a possible pandemic flu emergency. With assistance from federal, state, and local governments, pandemic plans are being prepared and refined that will enable communities to respond in a way that helps to protect students and the general public.
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Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators (Oct 17, 2006)
Pandemic Flu: A Planning Guide for Educators identifies issues to consider when planning for seasonal flu, a mild or moderate pandemic flu, or a severe pandemic. It tells what a "flu pandemic" is, how influenza spreads, and what can be done to limite the spread of the flu.
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Pandemic Planning: Resources for Higher Education (Sep 28, 2006)
Institutions of higher education (IHEs) face special challenges in preparing for a potential pandemic -- what to do about residential facilities, study abroad programs, and other issues. IHEs can begin planning and preparing for these challenges now. Resources on this page may be of help.
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Pandemic Planning: Examples of State and Local Plans and Planning Efforts (Sep 14, 2006)
Scientists predict that the world is due for a global outbreak, or pandemic, of influenza. The U.S. Department of Education is collaborating with the health experts and agencies across the federal government to ensure that, in the case of pandemic flu, our operations and the services we provide will continue.
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PreventED signup form (Apr 06, 2006)
Signup form for the PreventED listserv.
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Preventing Underage Drinking: A School-Based Approach -- TOC (Mar 28, 2006)
This event examines the issue of underage drinking and provides participants with examples, tips and resources on how to address this issue in their schools and communities.
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Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Online Workshops (Jan 27, 2006)
The following continuing education workshops have already been implemented as live online events and are now available for review on this Web site. While many of these events were developed for and offered to middle school coordinators (MSCs) prior to the initiative's transition to full coverage of the K-12 grade range, they remain relevant for all coordinators. They contain valuable information, activities, and resources on key topics in the strategic planning and program delivery process.
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Using Existing Data in Your Needs Assessment -- TOC (Oct 27, 2005)
Prevention Program Selection provides tools and resources to help you locate and use available local, state, and national data to determine drug and violence prevention priorities and select prevention programs for your schools and communities.
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School Connectedness and Meaningful Student Participation -- TOC (Sep 29, 2005)
"School connectedness" refers to the belief by students that adults in the school care about their learning and about them as individuals.
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Promoting Prevention Through School-Community Partnerships -- TOC (Sep 26, 2005)
This event provides tips, tools, and strategies for building school-community partnerships that will support and enhance your overall prevention initiative.
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Linking Violence and Substance Abuse Prevention to Academic Success -- TOC (Sep 01, 2005)
This event is designed to help coordinators better articulate the connections between prevention and achievement, so that they can more effectively promote prevention programs in their schools and communities.
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Identifying Prevention Priorities and Strategies for Success -- TOC (Sep 01, 2005)
This Workshop is designed to help you better articulate the connections between prevention and achievement, so that you can more effectively promote prevention programs in your school and community.
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Título -- Preguntas que hacen los padres sobre las escuelas -- TOC (Jul 22, 2005)
Spanish version of research-based tips for parents that provide both practical guidance and valuable information about a range of topics, including: preparing your child for school; knowing what to expect from your child's kindergarten teacher; monitoring school work; working with schools and teachers effectively; helping your child with reading and homework; and ensuring that your child's school is safe and drug-free.
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Title Page -- Questions Parents Ask About Schools -- TOC (Jul 22, 2005)
Research-based tips for parents that provide both practical guidance and valuable information about a range of topics, including: preparing your child for school; knowing what to expect from your child's kindergarten teacher; monitoring school work; working with schools and teachers effectively; helping your child with reading and homework; and ensuring that your child's school is safe and drug-free.
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Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests; Impact Evaluation of a School-Based Violence Prevention Program [IES] (Apr 11, 2005)
Comments are due on a new information collection, "Impact Evaluation of a School-Based Violence Prevention Program. The proposed data collection is for impact evaluation of teacher preparation methods. A sample of teachers are the primary respondents. Comments are due on or before June 10, 2005.
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program (PDF) (Mar 10, 2005)
Safe Schools Healthy Students Program grant application
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Program (MS Word) (Mar 10, 2005)
Safe Schools Healthy Students Program grant application
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February 2005 Show Resources -- Preventing Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Keeping Kids on the Right Track (Feb 10, 2005)
Information and resources that can be used in conjunction with the February 2005 television show.
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Partnering To Prevent Truancy Conference (Oct 28, 2004)
Joint Justice and Education conference offers attendees practical approaches to reduce truancy in their schools and communities.
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FY04 Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse (MSWORD) (Oct 08, 2004)
FY 2004 Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse Awards
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October 6, 2004 -- Deputy Secretary Hickok sent a letter to schools and education groups describing lessons that were learned from the Beslan school incident and that might be used to protect U.S. schools. (Oct 06, 2004)
October 6, 2004 -- Deputy Secretary Hickok sent a letter to schools and education groups describing lessons that were learned from the Beslan school incident and that might be used to protect U.S. schools.
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Archived--Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide (MS Word) (Jan 30, 2004)
MS Word version of the "Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide" publication.
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Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide (Text) (Jan 30, 2004)
Text version of the "Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide" publication.
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Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide (PDF) (Jan 30, 2004)
PDF version of the "Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide" publication.
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Logo of Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice (Jan 14, 2004)
Small format logo of Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice.
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Student-led Crime Prevention: A Real Resource with Powerful Promise (PDF) (May 20, 2003)
This guide will provide principals, other school administrators, teachers, school resource officers, and interested community members with the basis to articulate how students can help make the school safer and the steps for considering and establishing student-led initiatives.
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Federal Resources for Correctional Educators (Mar 13, 2003)
The Office of Safe & Drug-Free Schools has compiled this list of web resources and organizations. The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools aims to reduce drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's schools.
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PDF: Emergency Planning For America's Schools (Mar 07, 2003)
Emergency Planning for America's Schools provides excerpts from the model emergency response and crisis management plan. The excerpts tell what schools can do to develop emergency plans and actions schools can take to prevent, be prepared for, respond to, and recover from a crisis.
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Word: Emergency Planning For America's Schools (Mar 07, 2003)
Emergency Planning for America's Schools provides excerpts from the model emergency response and crisis management plan. The excerpts tell what schools can do to develop emergency plans and actions schools can take to prevent, be prepared for, respond to, and recover from a crisis.
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Consejos para los padres sobre cómo mantener a los hijos libres de la droga (Feb 10, 2003)
Spanish version of tips for parents on helping to keep children from using drugs, including tips for preschool, elementary school, middle school children, and tips on how to ensure a school is keeping students drug free.
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Tips for Parents on Keeping Children Drug Free -- TOC (Feb 10, 2003)
Tips for parents on helping to keeping children from using drugs, including tips for preschool, elementary school, middle school children, and tips on how to ensure a school is keeping students drug free.
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Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative Grants, FY2002 (Sep 26, 2002)
List of Schools for which the U.S. Departments of Education, Justice and Health and Human Services awarded more than 0 million in grants to make schools safer, foster children's development, and prevent aggressive and violent behavior and drug and alcohol use among the nation's youth.
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The Final Report and Findings of the Safe School Initiative: Implications for the Prevention of School Attacks in the United States (MSWORD) (May 31, 2002)
The Safe School Initiative drew from the Secret Service's experience in studying and preventing assassination and other types of targeted violence and the Department of Education's expertise in helping schools facilitate learning through the creation of safe environments for students, faculty, and staff. This document, the Safe School Initiative's final report, details how our two agencies studied school-based attacks and what we found.
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Health and Safety, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) (May 17, 2002)
Health and safety resources from the Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) website, which offers hundreds of federally supported education resources from over 45 Federal agencies.
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School Dropout Prevention Program; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2002, CFDA No. 84.360 [OESE][PDF] (Apr 04, 2002)
To support effective, sustainable, and coordinated school dropout prevention and reentry programs in high schools with annual school dropout rates greater than the State average annual school dropout rate and in the middle schools that feed students into these high schools.
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School Dropout Prevention Program; Notice inviting applications for new awards for fiscal year (FY) 2002, CFDA No. 84.360 [OESE] (Apr 04, 2002)
To support effective, sustainable, and coordinated school dropout prevention and reentry programs in high schools with annual school dropout rates greater than the State average annual school dropout rate and in the middle schools that feed students into these high schools.
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Physical Education, Federal Resources for Educational Excellence (FREE) (Jun 12, 2001)
This page links to Federal websites housing physical education resources.
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Prevention (Feb 12, 2001)
This page provides links to OCR's prevention resources.
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Safeguarding Our Children: An Action Guide (Apr 28, 2000)
On April 28, 2000, the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice released a new jointly developed Action Guide to help schools and communities prevent school violence.
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Promoting Safe & Drug-Free Schools - An Internet Guide (Dec 31, 1999)
This guide is designed to help educators and parents locate information on effective strategies. Pages point to selected online resources addressing federal policies and programs; school violence prevention; and youth substance abuse prevention.
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