Persistently Safe Schools 2005 will emphasize Practice Informed by Research

The work of professionals to make schools safer for learning is characterized, in part, by two distinct features: a wide range of research and a wide range of practice. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that just about everything is being studied, and just about everything is being done. To improve the work of professionals to make schools safer, then, there should be, as operational routine, an emphasis on the best of the research and an emphasis on the best of the practice.

Persistently Safe Schools 2005 (http://www.hamfish.org/conference/2005/index.html) or HFI2005 (Philadelphia, September 11-14, 2005) will showcase some of the best research and some of the best practice. HFI2005 is intended to be an informed and creative conversation and debate about the state of school violence research, while encouraging partnerships among public, private, and not-for-profit enterprises. In addition, the conference is intended to elevate awareness among policymakers and the general public concerning the main issues related to school violence.

Keynotes at the conference in 2004 were delivered by Deborah Prothrow-Stith (M.D., Professor of Public Health and Associate Dean for Faculty Development, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard University); Robert D. Barr (Ph.D., Professor, College of Education, Department of Foundations, Technology and Secondary Education, Boise State University); William Modzeleski (Associate Deputy Undersecretary, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools); Glenn F. Ivey (State’s Attorney, Prince George’s County, Maryland); and Mary Futrell (Ed.D., Dean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University).

HFI2005 is produced by the Institute and the Hamilton Fish Consortium of research partners that includes The George Washington University, Eastern Kentucky University, Florida State University, Massachusetts Mental Health Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine (Atlanta), Shenandoah University (Virginia), Syracuse University, University of Oregon, and the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Funding support is provided by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice, under Grant No. 97-MU-FX-K012.

Page Updated: April 04, 2005