Center for Safe Communities & Schools
Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.)
The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program, the pioneer prevention effort founded in Los Angeles in 1983, is going high-tech, interactive, and decision-model-based. Gleaming with the latest in prevention science and teaching techniques, D.A.R.E. is reinventing itself as part of a major national research study that promises to help teachers and administrators cope with ever-evolving federal prevention program requirements and the thorny issues of school violence, budget cuts, and terrorism.
D.A.R.E. Registration Assistance
The Center for Safe Communities & Schools – D.A.R.E. is offering an opportunity for agencies in the following counties to apply for registration assistance. Those counties are Harris, Fort Bend, Montgomery, Liberty, Chambers, Brazoria, and Waller. Funding for this opportunity was provided by the Houston D.A.R.E. Corporation to support local area D.A.R.E. agencies or agencies wishing to start a D.A.R.E. program. The events that are eligible include the D.A.R.E. Officer training April 30 – May 11, 2007 in San Antonio, TX and/or the Texas D.A.R.E. Officer Association, Grapevine, TX June 18-22, 2007. All agencies including active D.A.R.E. agencies located within these counties are eligible to apply for registration assistance for up to six officers per agencies. Please include a cover letter requesting registration assistance with all DARE officer training applications. Registration assistance for the Texas D.A.R.E. Officers Association conference must be received by CSCS on or before May 1, 2007. (Agencies that receive the registration assistance will be responsible for the officer’s travel, lodging, and per diem.)
D.A.R.E. Policies and Procedures
Please click on the following link to read the National D.A.R.E. Policies and Procedures.
D.A.R.E. Policies and Procedures
JustThinkTwice.com & Stumbleweed Magazine
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is giving teens the information they need to “pass on pot.” Stumbleweed, a new on-line magazine for teens, illustrates the consequences of marijuana and provides teens with relevant facts about the impact of marijuana on the body and brain; the problem of drugged driving; the truth about medical marijuana; and how the drug can sabotage a teen’s future. The magazine is an addition to DEA’s award winning teen website, www.justhinktwice.com
The site also links to other existing websites which have additional information for teens, including U.S. Government and private organizations’ sites. Medical information, especially regarding the impact of marijuana on the body and brain, is accessible through direct links to scientific studies.
SchoolMatters
SchoolMatters is a valuable resource that provides rich information and powerful search and comparison tools to help uncover the stories behind the numbers, and further the discussion about how to improve student performance. It is a national, easily searchable clearinghouse for education information and analysis that provides the information about how schools and school districts are performing.
Visit SchoolMatters (http://www.schoolmatters.com/) and you will learn many facts about schools and school districts across the nation.
Page address: http://www.cscs.txstate.edu/dare.htm