Articles written by F. Chris Curran
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The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students' reality
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) F. Chris Curran, University of Florida; Aaron Kupchik, University of Delaware, and Benjamin W. Fisher, University of Louisville (THE...
Arrests of 6-year-olds shows the perils of putting police in primary schools
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe. But as the...
A school resource officer in every school?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Less than three weeks after a school resource officer stopped an armed teen who shot two students at a Maryland high...
Federal spending bill deals blow to school safety research
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Long before the current state of heightened attention to school shootings, my colleagues and I began a two-year...
Science achievement gaps start early – in kindergarten
(THE CONVERSATION) The annual back-to-school season is filled with high hopes for making new friends, meeting new teachers – and, from the view of many policymakers – promoting gains in science achievement. Scientific learning and research carry sub...
