I was on a panel with denise and dewey corp nel where we talked about a school perspective. This is where the body of literature is the largest, i would like to say the strongest but there are still a lot of gaps in this particular area. Denise talked a lot about school climate. I was happy to hear that was picked up in the themes today and talked about legal issues and policies and zero tolerance and some of the reactive approaches that schools often take about video cameras and metal detectors. We dont have research to show they have a strong impact on reducing bullying. I spoke about meta analysis and research about particular programs. I had this graphic in my talk about is the Glass Half Full or half empty . You can view it in terms of the review of literature. Some programs can reduce bullying. However, some of the studies are done abroad and may not generalize very well to the United States or are limited to certain outcomes. So while it is exciting to see there is evidence base
With the future of Iowa’s area education associations (AEAs) up in the air due to pending state legislation, the chief administrator for AEA that serves Southeast Iowa is offering his