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Kensington school bets (and wins) on innovative violence-prevention ethos
Flying Kite Staff
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Tuesday, July 23, 2013
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The Memphis Street Academy (formerly John Paul Jones Middle School) was one of the most violent schools in the city -- until they removed all their metal detectors.
The police predicted chaos. But instead, new numbers seem to show that in a single year, the number of serious incidents fell by 90 percent.
The school says it wasn't just the humanizing physical makeover of the facility that helped. Memphis Street Academy also credits the
Alternatives to Violence Project
, a noncoercive, nonviolent conflict resolution regimen originally used in prison settings that was later adapted to violent schools. AVP, when tailored to school settings, emphasizes student empowerment, relationship building and anger management over institutional control and surveillance. There are no aggressive security guards in schools using the AVP model; instead they have engagement coaches, who provide support, encouragement, and a sense of safety.
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