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    'Broken windows' policy proposed for schools as violence


    surges: 'We lost sight of the basics'
    New York City sees three stabbings in three different schools over three days
    By Joshua Q. Nelson Fox News

    Published December 23, 2023 7:00am EST

    Rise in school violence since the COVID pandemic


    Senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute Naomi Schaefer Riley on the need to restore better discipline in schools to respond to increase of violent
    behaviors

    A "broken windows" policy is needed in schools in order to combat a surge in violence


    plaguing schools across the U.S., one expert argued, after three students were stabbed in
    three separate New York City schools in three days.

    "Ithink we have lost sight of the basics," Naomi Schaefer Riley of the American Enterprise
    Institute told " Fox & Friends."

    Earlier this month, New York police responded to a 15-year-old boy being sliced in the face
    by a classmate during a fight at a Bronx charter school. The incident was the third act of
    student violence in the Big Apple over three days, the New York Post reported.

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    Three teen students were slashed at three separate New York City schools over a period of three days in December.
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    The surge in school violence post-COVID prompted Schaefer to call for "broken windows
    policing" in schools, which connects to the period in the 1990s when the New York City
    Police Department was ordered to address any semblance of criminal activity, whether
    that be a smashed window, public drinking, disorderly behavior or panhandling, to help
    improve the quality of life for residents.

    Proponents of the strategy believe it helps identify criminals before they commit a more
    serious offense, while opponents have argued it can lead to unnecessary police
    interactions.

    The senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute explained further that many school
    officials stopped enforcing rules needed to keep students' behavior in check.

    "A lot of schools really, especially during COVID, they were not only locked down, but even
    after they came back, we started not worrying about attendance. We started not worrying
    about small behavioral infractions. We started not worrying about grades. We started not
    worrying about dress codes," Schaefer said.

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    "All of these things, I think, really combine to create an atmosphere where larger kind of
    behaviors are really being tolerated more and more. And students are getting the message
    that nobody really cares about what the atmosphere in the school is."

    In Florida, five teenagers are facing charges after video showed the graphic beating of a
    student whose head was slammed into pavement, knocking them unconscious. The mob
    incident occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, the site of one of
    the nation’s worst school shootings in 2018.

    Earlier this year, the video of a 17-year-old Florida student brutally assaulting a teacher's
    aide made national headlines. The teacher suffered five broken ribs, a severe concussion,
    loss of hearing in one of her ears and other issues as a result of the beating. The student,
    Brendan Depa, now 18, was charged with first-degree felony aggravated battery on an
    elected official or education employee.

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    Schaefer said a "broken windows" strategy in schools could have a long-term impact on
    students' behavior, especially if it begins in elementary school.

    "We need to start paying attention to attendance. We need to start paying attention to the
    dress code. We need to start paying attention to whether kids are disruptive in class. And
    once we start sort of saying, look, we're not going to tolerate these small things …
    especially when you do this in the younger grades. … It will have a long-term impact on the
    way they think about school and the environment there," she said.

    Schaefer also stressed the importance of having school resource officers to intervene and
    help teachers.

    "The idea that in the name of some kind of restorative justice we would remove these ,

    people, who are the only ones holding the line against this sort of violence, is crazy," she
    told host Brian Kilmeade.

    Joshua Q. Nelson is a reporter for Fox News Digital.

    Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental
    uprising in education.

    Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in
    Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young
    Leaders Program.

    Story tips can be sent to joshua.nelson@fox.com and Joshua can be followed on Twitter and LinkedIn .

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