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	Free school - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A free school (or free skool) is a decentralized network in which skills, information, and knowledge are shared without hierarchy and the institutional environment of formal schooling.
		Free schools have their roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		The most famous free school is Summerhill School, a boarding school in Suffolk which was founded in 1921 by the Scottish teacher A.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Free_schools (1326 words)

	Senator Dianne Feinstein - Gun Free Schools Act
		The Gun Free Schools Act, legislation introduced by Senators Feinstein and Byron Dorgan (D-ND) to set a "zero-tolerance" policy to keep America's schools gun free, was signed into law on October 22, 1994 as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1994.
		The goal of this measure was to remove firearms from all public schools in the United States by requiring school districts that receive federal funds to adopt a gun-free school policy and expel for one year students who carry a gun to school.
		In the first official assessment of the impact of the Gun Free Schools Act, a preliminary report from the U.S. Department of Education provides evidence that the legislation is working.
	feinstein.senate.gov /gun_free_schools.html (341 words)

	Violence-Free Schools Policy > Ministry of Education
		School boards should build on their early-identification practices by ensuring that children at risk of being bullies and/or victims are identified and helped at the earliest possible stage.
		School boards' violence-prevention policies must identify ways of making students aware of their responsibilities and ways in which students can help peers to ensure that all students lead lives that are free of violence.
		The principal of a school, subject to the authority of the appropriate supervisory officer, is in charge of the instruction and discipline of students in the school, and the organization and management of the school.
	www.edu.gov.on.ca /eng/document/policy/vfreeng.html (9976 words)

	Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities - Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program (SDFSC) is a primary vehicle of the Federal government for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through school drug and violence prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation referral, and education in elementary and secondary schools.
		School districts in Iowa are expected to establish a community advisory committee and coordinate their efforts with substance abuse, law enforcement, and mental health agencies, and engage in planning and implementation of a comprehensive substance abuse and/or violence prevention program.
		This focus on school safety was based upon growing concerns about the safety of schools and the need to expand the types of prevention and early intervention activities schools were engaging in, if they were to be safe, disciplined, and drug-free.
	www.state.ia.us /educate/ecese/cfcs/sdfsc (1428 words)

	ECSD - Alternative Education - Drug Free Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Through the Safe and Drug Free Schools Grant, we are able to partner with The Community Drug and Alcohol Council (CDAC) and other private consultants to provide ATOD, violence prevention, and parent education curriculum to students, staff, and parents throughout the Escambia County School District.
		The school district's Safe and Drug Free Schools Advisory Council will disseminate information about drug and violence prevention programs, projects, and activities conducted within the boundaries of the school district to the superintendent, the school board and the community.
		The purpose of the Advisory Council is to advise the school district regarding how best to coordinate such agency activities under the Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act with other related programs, projects, and activities; and the agencies that administer such programs, projects, and activities.
	www.escambia.k12.fl.us /instres/alted/drugfree_schools.htm (718 words)

	The Fight For Free Schools In Pennsylvania (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Pennsylvania's leadership in education was the consequence of the fight for free elementary schools waged between 1833 and 1836.
		Sometimes, itinerant schoolmasters would themselves establish schools, inviting parents to send their children in return for a moderate tuition fee paid very often mainly by board and lodging.
		These schools established by private initiative made no provision for children whose parents were too poor to pay tuition.
	www.phmc.state.pa.us /ppet/schools/page1.asp?secid=31 (285 words)

	Free The Schools
		Next up, I assume, is that schools will move beyond regulating all thought, speech, and action within the school grounds and start prosecuting students for "crimes" committed off the grounds (in fact, since Rachel wrote the story at home, isn't that exactly what has happened here?).
		Schools function not just as purveyors of information about maths, physics and geography but also as social environments in which individuals learn to rub along with others and get exposed to a wider range of social influences than they would at home (or perhaps than their parents judge desirable).
		I speak of schools that collect their students from a fixed geographic region, and thus collect students whose interests and talents are unrelated.
	freetheschools.typepad.com /free_the_schools (4339 words)

	Hurt Free Schools
		FREE School does not mean the absence of pain.
		FREE Schools uses the principles behind human need fulfillment, emotional learning, trauma recovery and violence prevention to create school climates where children learn the skills they need to live in safety and respect.
		FREE School's RAINBOW of SAFETY squares off against the dominance and intimidation of bullies, both past and present, and teaches that...
	www.hurtfreeschools.org (606 words)

	Free Schools and Humanistic Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		One central feature of all free schools that have effectively established themselves within a community appears to be their rootedness in the humanistic philosophy of their founders, along side with their flexibility.
		Unlike industrial-age schools with standardized curriculum, free schools like PMP can not be duplicated because they are a living, breathing reflection of their community.
		And for every one school that you find with a book or web site about it, there are most likely five more that are so engaged in their communities that they simply haven't taken time yet to write about their schools.
	www.pathsoflearning.net /library/FreeSchools.cfm (2263 words)

	SRCSD - Be Mercury Free: Schools and Universities
		Schools and universities in Sacramento County may have mercury-containing items, especially in their chemistry labs.
		Be Mercury Free, a regional partnership managed by Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD), is working with these facilities to identify and facilitate proper disposal and/or recycling of mercury-containing instruments, equipment and products while encouraging the educational facilities to use mercury-free alternatives.
		Thus schools and universities are part of a larger source reduction plan to reduce the discharge of mercury into the sewer and the environment.
	www.bemercuryfree.net /schools.html (544 words)

	Freedom for Your Child to Learn, by Harry Browne
		Under no competitive pressure, school administrators are free to indulge their wildest ideas for indoctrinating children to be better citizens of the New Order.
		Since there would be no school board imposing one type of education on everyone in the district, there no longer would be bitter fights over curricula, school prayer, sex education, "sensitivity" training, bilingual education, homosexual teachers, sports emphasis, or any of the dozens of other controversies that typify government schools.
		schools that focus on hard academics, others that offer special courses in music or sports, others that promote an understanding of the free market that will help your child earn a much better living when he grows up.
	www.harrybrowne.org /articles/FreeTheSchools.htm (1473 words)

	Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act - Alcohol, Tobacco & Other Drug Prevention (CA Dept of Education)
		Schools receiving SDFSC funds are required to develop, implement, and evaluate a comprehensive drug and violence prevention program, with age-appropriate and developmentally based activities, that is coordinated with other school and community-based services.
		Be based on an established set of performance measures aimed at ensuring that the elementary schools and secondary schools and communities to be served by the program have a safe, orderly, and drug-free learning environment.
		The remaining 40 percent is distributed to LEAs based on the relative enrollments in public and private schools within the boundaries of the agency.
	www.cde.ca.gov /ls/he/at/safedrugfree.asp (985 words)

	Keeping Public Schools Public: Free-Market Education - Rethinking Schools - Volume 20 No. 1 - Fall 2005 - Rethinking ...
		As a result, Milwaukee's voucher schools are exempt from any number of guidelines, such as hiring certified teachers, testing students, or publicly releasing data on student achievement.
		Through the years, voucher horror stories have occasionally cropped up—usually when a school or school administrator was caught in a flagrant illegality, parents picketed, or staff walked out because they hadn't been paid.
		All teachers at schools connected with the Catholic Archdiocese, for instance, are required to be either licensed or in the process of getting a license.
	www.rethinkingschools.org /archive/20_01/free201.shtml (1154 words)

	CAMS ~ The Coalition Against Militarism In Our Schools
		The conference will bring together high school students, college students, recent college alumni, and young non-profit professionals from throughout the western United States for a series of participatory discussion panels, workshops, and skills trainings on building a nuclear-free world.
		Free food will be provided for all, throughout the course of the weekend.
		To inform and educate the public, especially students, parents and school personnel about the growing militarization of our schools, and to create and present positive nonviolent alternatives which promote the value of human life, justice and equity for all persons.
	www.militaryfreeschools.org (1980 words)

	The Bully Free Classroom™ (Updated Edition)
		From 10 to 24 percent of students say they are bullied in school.
		Bullying is a big problem in schools today—and you can do something about it.
		Positive and practical, reinforced with true stories and enhanced by reproducible forms, checklists, and resources, this solution-filled book can make your classroom a place where all students are free to learn without fear.
	www.freespirit.com /catalog/item_detail.cfm?ITEM_ID=46 (266 words)

	School Violence Prevention: Safe & Drug Free Schools
		Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools -- this is the Federal government's primary vehicle for reducing drug, alcohol and tobacco use, and violence, through education and prevention activities in our nation's schools.
		School Violence Resources -- a comprehensive resource for programs, funding, statistics, and events pertaining to school violence prevention.
		Students Against Violence Everywhere (SAVE) -- promotes nonviolence and safe schools and communities by educating students and enlisting them and their parents in activities to reduce the violent behaviors that threaten our youth.
	www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov /schoolviolence/safeschools.asp (411 words)

	Safe and Drug Free Schools
		So critical are they that one of the six ESEA performance goals that states are required to adopt is: All students will be educated in learning environments that are safe, drug-free, and conducive to learning.
		Numerous studies have shown that students who do not feel safe and students who are not free of the effects of drugs and alcohol cannot achieve their full academic potential.
		School districts are encouraged to use these funds to continue this important support for drug and violence prevention programs.
	www.dpi.state.wi.us /sspw/safedrgfr.html (1121 words)

	Augusta Free Press : Schools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		New head of school Mark Eastham told students at Stuart Hall in Staunton last week that the school's mission is "fourfold"; and Jessie Renee Labadie of Weyers Cave, the daughter of Paul Labadie of Harrisonburg and Elizabeth Tucker of Weyers Cave, is a Bailey Scholar at Mary Baldwin College.
		That was among the queries posed to the overflow crowd that packed Waynesboro High School at the school's commencement exercises on Saturday.
		But you wouldn't know that just to listen to people talk about the news that the Waynesboro School Board is going to include in a survey of parents to be distributed next month a question aimed at determining the level of interest in the city in mandating that students wear uniforms to school.
	www.augustafreepress.com /schools (3884 words)

	Tobacco Public Policy Center: Tobacco in the Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		It is up to individual school districts to regulate tobacco use on school grounds by staff and visitors.
		A 100% tobacco-free schools policy — a policy that prohibits smoking or any tobacco use on school grounds and at all school functions — reinforces educational messages about smoking and helps to reduce student tobacco use.
		Ohio Schools Need 100% Tobacco-Free Policies (PDF) - Explanation of the need for a complete tobacco-free policy for Ohio's schools, as well as a list of essential elements for such a policy.
	www.law.capital.edu /Tobacco/YouthAndTobacco/TobaccoFreeSchools.asp (161 words)

	Message for Congress: It's the schools, Stupid [Free Republic]
		If parents feel better sending their children to schools that teach their children right from wrong and as a result don't need metal detectors, that should be OK too.
		If parents want to send their children to schools that teach proper firearms handling and have teachers with proper defensive firearms training and guns, that should be an option as well.
		I am sure that there are numerous other cases of violence in and around our schools that we don't hear about in the mainstream media because it doesn't involve guns and therefore doesn't fit their gun grabbing agenda.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3aa52473117f.htm (1134 words)

	Safe and Drug-Free Schools
		The purpose of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Program (SDFSC) is to support programs that prevent violence in and around schools and the illegal use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs; involve parents; and coordinate these efforts and resources with other federal, state, and community entities.
		Allocations (based on poverty rate and student population) are made available to school districts to establish, operate, and improve local programs of school drug and violence prevention, early intervention, rehabilitation referral, and education in elementary through secondary schools.
		PPRA requires the school district to notify parents to obtain consent or exempt their child from participating in certain activities.
	www.cde.state.co.us /cdeprevention/pi_safedrugfree.htm (1120 words)

	Waste Free Schools
		The Waste Free Schools Program (WFS) for Santa Cruz County is an innovative, collaborative, award-winning program which assists Santa Cruz County schools in institutionalizing on campus recycling, composting and reducing / reusing programs while instilling in the students and school staff a sense of environmental stewardship.
		The participating schools, with support from the WFS, have succeeded in diverting over 3500 tons of material from local landfills and have saved local school districts approximately $232,125 in reduced garbage hauling costs.
		The WFS partners and funders would like to express appreciation to the following schools for their participation in and contribution to the WFS.
	www.wastefreeschools.org (209 words)

	Safe & Drug Free Schools
		Silence the Violence in North Carolina is a joint effort between the NC Association of Educators and Public Schools of NC to get the message out to parents, students and teachers on how each can play a role in making our schools safe learning environments.
		The Center for the Prevention of School Violence focuses on ensuring that schools are safe and secure so that every student is able to attend a school that is safe, one that is free of fear and conducive to learning.
		Partnership for a Drug Free North Carolina is a statewide media campaign that directs is efforts to reducing the use and abuse of illegal drugs in our society.
	www.ncpublicschools.org /schoolimprovement/alternative/drugfree (474 words)

	Dover Union Free School District
		The Dover Union Free School District is located in the scenic and historic Mid-Hudson Valley.
		The Dover Middle/High School enrolls 412 students in grades 6-8 and 631 students in grades 9-12.
		From our immaculate buildings and grounds, to our warm and welcoming school climate and our caring, hard-working and innovative staff, it is evident that the Dover Schools are a special place to be.
	www.doverschools.org (366 words)

	Chicago: 1840 Free Schools Established
		The schools were placed on a permanent and self-supporting basis by a special act of the legislature in 1839.
		In November, 1840, free public schools were permanently established and a Board of Inspectors was organized.
		In 1854 the first superintendent of schools was elected and a charter amendment of February 16, 1857, established a board of education.
	www.chipublib.org /004chicago/timeline/freeschools.html (169 words)

	Safe and Drug Free Schools - 1998
		National School Safety and Security Services is pleased to see an emphasis on improving school security, training teachers and staff, and developing crisis preparedness as a part of the new Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program.
		While many schools have included these components in their Safe and Drug-Free programs in the past, it is important that the U.S. Department of Education clearly delineates these as necessary and encouraged components of their funding for programs by state agencies and local districts.
		Under the proposal, federal funds will provide support to school districts with demonstrated need and a commitment to adopt a rigorous, comprehensive approach to drug and violence reduction and prevention.
	www.schoolsecurity.org /news/safe-drug-free.html (547 words)

	Safe Schools
		We know that schools have always been considered a "safe haven" for our children and, statistically, it is the safest place a child can be....
		Prevention is the key, and we have excellent prevention activities going on in Montana schools: Safe and Drug-Free Schools, Montana Behavior Initiative, parenting programs, student assistance programs, peer mentoring programs, etc. However, we must also be prepared in the event of a crisis.
		Further, the inclusion of links or pointers to particular items in hypertext is not intended to reflect their importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed, or products or services offered, on these outside sites, or the organizations sponsoring the sites.
	www.opi.mt.gov /safeschools/index.html (377 words)

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