School Crisis Case Studies

Helen M. Sharp is a freelance education writer, certified school administrator, and former educator. She has written more than fifty articles for state and national education publications, including NASSP Bulletin book reviews and was the coauthor of The Educator's Writing Handbook and Case Studies for School Leaders: Implementing the ISLLC Standards.

For school leaders, Sharp provides 31 case studies of situations that occur in K-12 settings, with application questions at the end of each. They relate to addiction to computer games, alcohol, bomb threats, bullying, conflict resolution, dropouts, gangs, drug use, gay bashing, guns, homework, overachievers, sports parents, suicide, truancy, and other problems.

• Part 1 PREFACEPart 2 INTRODUCTIONChapter 3 ADDICTION TO COMPUTER GAMESChapter 4 ALCOHOLChapter 5 ARMED SECURITY OFFICERChapter 6 BLEACHER BEHAVIOR AT ATHLETIC EVENTSChapter 7 BOMB THREATChapter 8 BUILDING EVACUATION AND STUDENTS' COMPLACENCYChapter 9 BULLYINGChapter 10 BUS BEHAVIORChapter 11 CONFLICT RESOLUTIONChapter 12 DEVIANT BEHAVIORChapter 13 DROPOUTSChapter 14 DRUG USEChapter 15 FIGHTINGChapter 16 GANGSChapter 17 GAY BASHINGChapter 18 GUNS AT SCHOOLChapter 19 A GUN AND A PURPOSEChapter 20 THE HOMEWORK BURDENChapter 21 HUFFINGChapter 22 INAPPROPRIATE STUDENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPSChapter 23 INTEGRATING JOB SKILLSChapter 24 LARCENYChapter 25 MINORITY STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTChapter 26 OVERACHIEVERSChapter 27 PARENTAL INVOLVEMENTChapter 28 RECKLESS BEHAVIOR BEHIND THE WHEELChapter 29 SPORTS PARENTSChapter 30 STUDENT SAFETY ON BUSESChapter 31 STUDENT SUICIDEChapter 32 TEACHERS NEW TO TEACHINGChapter 33 TRUANCYChapter 34 APPENDIX: SCHOOL SAFETY RESOURCES