Sorry I've been among the missing...busy and health stuff. Nice to be missed :-))

Josie, you said, "In schools which emphasize major parental involvement, self-disipline, spiritual and/or ethical training, recognizing the brotherhood of man, and enforced codes of conduct, the percentage of violent incidents is almost nil."

I would add to that the teaching of non-violent communication so people can find a way to talk about real differences and find real solutions to divisive problems. I agree that a community based school where the emphasis is on all getting involved is good. How can we move it forward?

As Celtic pointed out, it's not only the kids. It's parents and other adults as well. We don't always do so well with our own code of conduct with each other. Children learn by what we do, not by what we say.