"In a study of the 500 [youth] shootings, Mr. Huberman said, officials know that deadly violent outbursts are not truly random. The students at highest risk of violence, by statistics, are most likely to be black, male, without a stable living environment, in special education, skipping an average of 42 percent of school days at neighborhood and alternative schools, and having a record of in-school behavioral flare-ups that is about eight times higher than the average student."
...The novel program takes youths identified by the above parameters, and "saturating them with adult attention, including giving each of them a paid job and a local advocate who would be on call for support 24 hours a day."
US | October 07, 2009
In Chicago Schools, a Strategy on School Violence
By SUSAN SAULNY
In an effort to end a cycle of shooting deaths, officials will identify students at risk and shower them with support. |
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