This international edited volume is a rare look at cultural, economic and political forces that contribute to school violence. In light of the devastating events in US schools and the violence towards students and schools world-wide, the war on knowledge development in non/secular education is increasing at an alarming rate. This book offers an international perspective on violence from both K-12 to tertiary levels, parents, administrators-teachers-support staff and research scholars in a desire to understand the contextual issues surrounding violence and its impacts on the field of education. ELWB Scholars and practitioners hail from six continents propose historical to futuristic perspectives linking violence towards education and its inhabitants while framing future strategies to alter multinational fear mongering to the decline of knowledge generation for an informed citizenry.

Offers specific solutions on practices within contextual school settings with accompanying online manual Provides wide-ranging and international research perspectives on school violence Includes the perspective of various stakeholders: community, parents, teachers/support staff/administrators, and law enforcement

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Dr. Rosemary Papa is currently a Professor of Comparative & International Education and Leadership at Soka University in Aliso Viejo, CA, USA. Prior to this position, she served as The Del and Jewel Lewis Endowed Chair in Learning Centered Leadership and Professor of Education Leadership in the College of Education at Northern Arizona University- a position she had held since 2007. She has been an active member of the National Council of Professors of Educational Administration (NCPEA) since her first summer conference, Chadron Nebraska, in 1987. In 1991-92, she served as the first female President of NCPEA and was the 2003 recipient of the NCPEA Living Legend Award. In 2000 she founded and serves as Editor of the eJEP: Journal of Education Policy, one of the first open access, free, blind-peer reviewed journals in the world. In 2004, she was the recipient of the Outstanding Teacher Award from the College of Education at California State University, Sacramento. Her record of publications includes thirteen books, numerous book chapters, monographs and over eighty referred journal articles.

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Chapter 1. Religion, War, and Terror: Insights and Safety Lessons for Educators.- Chapter 2. Managing Education for Curbing the Spread of Violence in Nigeria: Implications for School's Growth and National Development .- Chapter 3. The Challenge of School Leadership in a War Zone: A Palestinian School in East Jerusalem.- Chapter 4. Violence in Nigerian Secondary Schools: Implications for Educational Management and Sustainable Development .- Chapter 5. Not To Silence The Principal But To Kill Him: Coping, Implications And The Day After.- Chapter 6. Investigation of aggression and belligerence in Greek primary and secondary schools.- Chapter 7. School Violence in México: When Addressing Bullying is not Enough.- Chapter 8. Bullying and Mental Health.- Chapter 9. Contemporary Society and the Phenomenon of School Rampage Shootings in the United States: A Theoretical Approach to Understanding.- Chapter 10. School Leaders' Caring for Place While Addressing Fear, Moral Panic, and Control.-Chapter 11. Investigation of Educator Response Trainings for Serious Violence from Outside Intruders in Texas.- Chapter 12. School Safety Upgrades and Perceptions of Safety Protocols in Prevention of School Shootings.- Chapter 13. Examining School Administrators' Perceptions of School-based Violence Prevention Strategies.- Chapter 14. School Liability in School Shooting Cases.- Chapter 15. The Problem with Boys: A Father's Perspective on School Shootings in the U.S.