Safety in Numbers: Collecting and Using Crime, Violence, and Discipline Data to Make a Difference in Schools 

This handbook is designed to be used by school, district, and state staff to improve the effectiveness of their efforts to collect and use disciplinary incident data. It provides recommendations on what types of data to collect, why it is critical to collect such data, and how the data can be used effectively to improve school safety and answer policy questions relating to school improvement and the safety of our students.
 

The Challenge, Volume 9, Number 3, Judy Kosterman, Ed.D.

This issue of The Challenge discusses the requirement that schools work with a regional or local advisory council in preforming prevention programming activities. Dr. Judi Kosterman reports on ways to get community members involved in school-based prevention programs and how to keep them involved.
 

How to Write Measurable Goals and Objectives

This guidance is intended to assist you in writing measurable objectives for your Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFSC) application. Setting measurable goals and objectives, with the assistance of a local or regional advisory council, is one of the Principles of Effectiveness the United States Department of Education requires Title IV recipients to use.