house Bill H.R. 6798
Should a Federal Database of School Safety Research be Available to School Officials?
Argument in favor
Keeping students safe in school is a public policy priority. Giving educators access to research about best practices in school safety and helping students with mental health issues will help keep schools safer.
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10/02/2018
David brings up a good point, that Trump's administration (betsy) is not equipped or trustworthy enough to logically do this, but I think our educators do need this.
10/02/2018
Why would anyone vote no on this? More accessible information is always good for things like this. I’m dissatisfied that studies on gun violence arn’t included, but there isn’t much modern work in the USA in that field since Congress effectively banned it. Work with what you got.
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10/02/2018
As long as this is factual and based on sound science and social science.
Argument opposed
There are already plenty of ways for educators to access information about best practices in school safety and handling students’ mental health problems, and this bill may not put better information in their hands.
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10/02/2018
Not under Betsy DeVos or anyone else in the Trump Administration. This Administration cannot be trusted to do science with any validity since they don’t believe in it. Any data they do obtain is more likely to be used for harm than good.
10/03/2018
If gun violence is not tracked it is a non starter. Further, i am concerned about the focus on mental illness... running up to ostracized kids and telling them they are crazy and that you are worried theu will kill people seems like a very GOP way to avoid talking about gun control and gun violence
David brings up a good point, that Trump's administration (betsy) is not equipped or trustworthy enough to logically do this, but I think our educators do need this.
Not under Betsy DeVos or anyone else in the Trump Administration. This Administration cannot be trusted to do science with any validity since they don’t believe in it. Any data they do obtain is more likely to be used for harm than good.
If gun violence is not tracked it is a non starter. Further, i am concerned about the focus on mental illness... running up to ostracized kids and telling them they are crazy and that you are worried theu will kill people seems like a very GOP way to avoid talking about gun control and gun violence
Why would anyone vote no on this? More accessible information is always good for things like this. I’m dissatisfied that studies on gun violence arn’t included, but there isn’t much modern work in the USA in that field since Congress effectively banned it. Work with what you got.
This needs to include information on gun safety in order to truly be considered comprehensive and evidence based. Additionally, much of this information is already accessible to school professionals
Keeping students safe in school is a public policy priority. Giving educators access to research about best practices in school safety and helping students with mental health issues will help keep schools safer. 10*2*18.......... SneakyPete..........
As long as this is factual and based on sound science and social science.
Only if ALL the SCIENTIFIC research is included. And that would include research on gun violence.
School administration should be restored to the State level. Abolish the Department of Education!
If there's a market for it, consumer demand will spur the market to develop it. If you have to write a law to force it into existence, it means there is not sufficient demand to make it worthwhile to create. This principle applies to...well, EVERYTHING. The sooner you understand this basic economic truth, the sooner you realize why government is the exact wrong institution for trying to accomplish anything useful, helpful, and good.
Non-Governmental Organization material. Not something taxpayers should pay for.
If you won’t let school officials see school safety data - we’ll vote you out of office. What possible reason is there NOT to allow this? Is there anyone in Congress with a functioning brain!
Yes, who wants to keep this data from the people who are most impacted?
A little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, but it sure beats the hell out of ignorance.
Why does there need to be a vote on this at all? Make it available and if the schools choose to use it they may.
More information enables administrators and school leaders to make better decisions. We can't just guess our way out of the problem of violence in schools. We need data that provides direction to decisions. As an educator, I am terrified by the "shots in the dark" that are being taken to solve these problems. People who say- "arm teachers", "put in metal detectors", "more cameras". Really? Have you ever been in a school? There are many complex factors that impact children's development- poverty, mental illness, trauma, lack of connections. There needs to be more research to determine which of these factors have the greatest correlation with decreased school safety, and this research absolutely needs to be shared with decision makers in schools.
This looks like 2 questions. First, should research that currently exists be made available. Well, of course, if it's been collected at taxpayers expense, it should be publicly available. 2nd, buried question, should more be collected? No. Schools are local. Washington continues to creep into the public school control atens