Attention to bullying and violence in school by policymakers and the public is a very recent phenomenon. Parents and students want all schools to be safe place where children wanted to go to learn. But school has become a very dangerous place. Special...
Attention to bullying and violence in school by policymakers and the public is a very recent phenomenon. Parents and students want all schools to be safe place where children wanted to go to learn. But school has become a very dangerous place. Specially, It was not until 1999 that USA, spurred by a highly publicized bullying incident resulting in the death of middle school student, enacted student and school safety-related federal acts. The problem is that such bullying and violence in classroom or school playground intimidate school and student as well as destroy school function. Now education welfare includes safety of student and school, USA and English-speaking nations have tremendous interests in making safe schools. For example, Safe Schools Improvement Act of USA(2013), Education (Welfare) Act of Ireland(2000), Keeping Our Kids Safe at School of Ontario, Canada(2009), Minimum Standards, Victoria, Australia(2007) are representative of legislative trends of advanced nations. Those nations provide various feedback and strict evaluation system on the education welfare-related laws. According to the research Ireland only among the English-speaking nations including USA uses education Welfare Act.