In the News
- Project Staying Alive surpasses goal
- Restorative Justice Youth Facilitator Program Emphasizes Peer Mediation as Resolution Tool
- 2012 Teen Dating and Violence Summit
- I Am An Informed Parent Workshop Focuses on Education
- Youth Law Day Gives Students a Real-Life Experience
- 2012 Teen Summit: Ready to Make an Impact
- Concerned Parents Attend Interactive Workshop
- Self-Confidence Found through Basketball
- Restorative Practices Proves Tangible Results
- SSHS Initiative finds youthful voice through student "citizen-journalism" project
- Project Staying Alive reaches 10,000 student milestone
- Reflections on David Lerman's retirement event: A window into the impact of Restorative Justice
- The Necessary Tools: School Supply Drive for Brown Street Academy
- Sharing Knowledge: Southeastern Wisconsin Anti-Gang Summit
- Honoring Dedication: InHealth Red Carpet Event
- What Do You Think?: Qualities of a Graduating Student
- Diabetes, Obesity and Asthma: Informed Parent Workshop Focuses on Health
- Heart of the Matter Conference: Building Safe and Drug-Free Schools
- Facebook & Students: How Violence Free Zone Keeps Bullying at Bay
- One Size Fits One: MUTT Tailors Support for Students
- Promise for Peace: Lessons on Gang Prevention
- Depression in the Preschool Set
- Prosper if U Can: Poetry by Pakk Mane
- Reducing Crime through Presence and Mentoring
- Liana Green: Peacemaker of St. Joan Antida
- Stop Kids From Killing Kids
- Auto Thefts Reduced 25% around Milwaukee Schools with Violence-Free Zone Program
- Violence-Free Zone reduces crime around schools, new research says
- Organization says anti-violence program working in MPS
- Milwaukee public radio WUWM: Program Reduces Violence at Certain Schools
- Press Release - District report card shows positive trends for MPS
- "District youths praised for peace pact" - July 24, 2009
- "Going in circles put students on path to better choices" - March 16, 2009
- "Helping kids deal with issues" - January 31, 2009
- "Suspensions drop significantly in MPS Schools" - January 13, 2009
- "Program helps battle violence in Milwaukee schools" - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - January 13, 2009
- "Project Staying Alive
Milwaukee Fire Department aims to extinguish anger in preteens" - Reprinted with permission from Community Connections News - December/January 2008/2009
- "Students learn to rein in anger Firefighters coach kids to avert violence" - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - June 20, 2008
- "Preventing violence Mentoring, in addition to metal detectors, are needed to curb violence in schools" - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - September 19, 2008
- "Teachers union cites counselor shortage in MPS suspension rate" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – August 11, 2008
- "Suspend fewer, MPS urged" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – August 3, 2008
- "Peer review lets students resolve behavior issues" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 22, 2008
- "Students learn to rein in anger" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 20, 2008
- "MPS Uses Restorative Justice to Prevent Suspensions" – WUWM – May 28, 2008
- "MPS officials look to Cincinnati" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – May 4, 2008
- "Anti-violence work credited for MPS gains" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – April 28, 2008
- "MPS gets $13 million in grants" – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – February 6, 2008
- New PSAs target MPS parents, families
MPS News Releases
In Other News
- CDC: One In 20 Americans Depressed– CBS NEWS – September 4, 2008
… More than one in 20 Americans aged 12 and older are depressed, according to the latest statistics from the CDC…
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Internet program teaches harms of bullying to elementary students – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel – June 7, 2008
…Anne Kasdorf was fed up with the "your mama" jokes and the name calling. So when the teacher at Gaenslen Elementary School, 1250 E. Burleigh St., got an e-mail last school year inviting her to pilot an Internet-based anti-bullying curriculum, Kasdorf jumped at the chance…
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Talking up alternatives to violence – The Washington Times – Sunday, June 22, 2008
…Milwaukee schools cut crime, help students with program of prevention. In 2006, the district put into place its own Gang Intelligence Unit to educate parents and staff about gang membership. That same year, the district also began the Violence Free Zone program.…
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Chicago preschoolers learn to avoid guns, gang violence
…Marisol Sierra's preschoolers' tales of boogeymen who come out at night are often all too real: "Every day the children were talking, saying, 'Teacher, there was a gang fight by my house.' 'Teacher, on the news a boy got shot,'" she said. So Sierra updated her curriculum to teach not only academics but how to cope with violence, netting her a 2008 Kohl McCormick Early Childhood Teaching Award…
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Youth Courts: An Empirical Update and Analysis of Future Organizational and Research Needs (PDF)
…The Hamilton Fish Institute recently published a report that examines the operation of youth courts, how youth courts function as they mature, and the resources they use. This publication provides guidance for communities on how to build and sustain an organizational structure that allows youth courts to fulfill their mission of preventing young offenders from repeating antisocial behaviors.
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Parent Awareness of Youth Use of Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana (PDF)
…This short report, "The NSDUH Report", is based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Office of Applied Studies (OAS) in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) is the primary source of information on the prevalence, patterns, and consequences of drug and alcohol use and abuse and for selected mental health measures in the general U.S. civilian non institutionalized population, age 12 and older.
