Speakers: Catherine Bradshaw, Professor, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, Curry School of Education Dewey Cornell, Bunker Professor, Curry School of Education Bullying has been classified as a public health issue and has led to a growing awareness of behavioral and mental health problems, as well as social and academic concerns in school systems. Likewise concerns about school shootings have generated many changes in school discipline and safety practices. Two faculty experts from the Curry School of Education will share their research in these areas of school safety and confirm why student problems and conflicts must be resolved before they escalate into violence, and why this must be done without a reliance on suspension from school. http://alumni.virginia.edu/learn/program/school-safety-violence-prevention/