CSI in the United States of America

• 81% of public schools in the U.S. experienced one or more violent incidents in the 2003–04 school year.
• 34% of principals at schools with 1,000 or more students reported student acts of disrespect for teachers at least once per week.
• 24% of students reported the presence of gangs in their schools in 2005.
• In 2005, 25% of all students in grades 9–12 reported that someone had offered, sold, or given them an illegal drug on school property in the past 12 months.
• 11% of students ages 12–18 reported that someone at school had used hate-related words against them, and 38% had seen hate-related graffiti at school in 2005.
• In 2005, 28% of students ages 12–18 reported having been bullied at school during the last 6 months.

*Statistics from Indicators of School Crime and Safety an annual publications produced jointly by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Institute of Education Sciences (IES) in the U.S. Department of Education and the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Highlights:

June 3, 2009

CSI seminar provided to 30 Middle school teachers and administrators for one all-day seminar at Coatesville, Pennsylvania.

Participants included the leadership team from a local camp and a dedicated social worker who serves prisoners at local correctional facilities. He sees a critical need to encourage the families of the prisoners through character.

May 10-11, 2007

CSI seminar presented to 15 students at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, California, USA.

March 12-16, 2007

CSI seminar presented to 14 students at Fremont High School in Los Angeles, California, USA.

June 30, 2006

CSI seminar presented to 11 teachers and tutors from the Coalition to Improve Education in Murrieta, California, USA.