Youth Development/Afterschool/Violence-Conference on School Violence [10/15/98] [1]
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The First Lady
FROM:
Neera Tanden
To
Why is .t still
RE:
School Violence Conference
Called "School valence"?
DATE:
September 14, 1998
instead in "Ymth" molence
or something broade?
We are continuing to plan the school violence conference, in which you have a prominent role.
This memo outlines the conference agenda up to date and solicits your thoughts on the
conference's content.
Conference Agenda
The Conference will take place in the East Room of the White House, and will be down-linked by
more than 500 sites throughout the country. The theme of the conference is responsible adults in
the lives of children ensure their safety both in and out of school. The Conference's goals include:
building on the existing body of knowledge about young people and aggressive or violent
behavior; listening and learning from academics, parents, teachers, law enforcement and other
experts about efforts that are effectively keeping our children safe; sharing best practices and
exploring new solutions; and developing strategies to put these safety models in place in schools
and communities across the nation. All involved in the planning at this point agree that the
conference must reach beyond school violence to the problem of youth violence.
Morning Break-Out Sessions
The day will start with four breakout sessions in the White House Conference Center, which will
provide the invited guests, many of whom are experts and community leaders, with an
opportunity to interact with each other. Each of these sessions will be led by a cabinet secretary,
including the Attorney General, Secretary Riley, and Secretary Shalala, and will not be open to
the press. While we are still working out the details of the break out sessions, the tentative topics
they will cover are as follows:
1. Root Causes of Youth Violence: This session will focus on a variety of factors, such as family
breakdown, early exposure to violence, lack of community cohesiveness, and increasing media
violence, that often often lead to youth violence and delinquency.
2. Systemic Educational Approaches: This session's discussion will center around the school
setting itself, by touching upon quality of education issues, such as small class size, and their
relationship to school discipline. It will also focus on school-based policies, such as school
uniform and truancy prevention.
3. Recent Extreme Incidents of Violence: The focus of this session will be on the mental health
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