Includes bibliographical references and index.

Are schools safe? Schools are safe places / Dewey Cornell ; Public schools are fundamentally unsafe / Rick David ; Bullying means schools are not safe / Kristina Chew ; Bullying in schools is declining / David Finkelhor ; Government plan to stop school shootings : monitor homeschoolers / Selwyn Duke -- Can better gun policy make schools safer? Gun control can prevent school shooting / Matt Bennett ; Gun control won't prevent school shootings / John G. Malcolm and Jennifer A. Marshall ; Gun control legislation cannot pass / Molly Ball ; New York passed gun control legislation following school shooting / Kenneth Lovett ; Better gun safety at home can prevent school shootings / Richard Aborn ; Teaching children gun safety is not effective / Marjorie Sanfilippo -- Can security measures make schools safer? Police in schools make students safer / Steve Adubato ; Armed guards will not make schools safer / Nell Gluckman ; Metal detectors do not make schools safer / Dan Koller ; Zero-tolerance policies can prevent bullying / Jim DuBreuil, Cleopatra Andreadis, and Denise Martinez-Ramundo ; Zero-tolerance policies do not make schools safer / Jacob Kang-Brown et al. -- What is the relationship between health care issues and student safety? Addressing mental illness can reduce school shootings / Rita Price ; Addressing mental illness is not a good way to prevent school shootings / Maria Konnikova ; School bullying is related to mental illness and suicide / National Center for Injury Prevention and Control ; Bullying in schools does not lead to suicide / Kelly McBride ; The Register's editorial : change vaccine law, end religious exemption / Des Moines Register ; Don't eliminate vaccine exemptions / David Ropeik.