Originally published in TEACH Magazine, July/August 2020 Issue
By Alex Newman
Violence in schools can exist in many forms: students attacking teachers, violence between students, and individual violent outbursts. In this article we’ll take a look at some different causes of violence, why the number of incidents is increasing, and what to do about it.
First let’s define workplace violence. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act, it is “the exercise (or attempt) of physical force by a person against a worker in a workplace that causes or could cause physical injury to the worker.”
Alex Newman is a Toronto freelance writer and editor. Visit her website, alexnewmanwriter.com.
