The HEL Focus Series brings together concise and carefully researched articles on current issues in education. Each collection provides educators, administrators, policymakers, and parents with a balanced look at research and practice in a specific area of interes

The best teaching and learning can only take place in a safe and welcoming school setting. So as school violence continues to capture headlines, educators are looking for effective strategies for violence prevention and conflict resolution. How should schools respond to bullying, sexual harassment, and cliques? How can schools support novice teachers in classroom management? How can they ensure that efforts to create orderly, safe schools do not unfairly pigeonhole as "troubled" or "violent" students who are merely rambunctious or different?

This new collection of the best of recent HEL articles gives insight into these complex issues and offers effective strategies for violence prevention and conflict resolution.