LES "MODÈLES"
ANGLO-SAXONS :
(libertés, justice,
système scolaire, éducatif, marché de l'éducation,
homeschooling...aux USA et en Angleterre)
AMERICAN
WAY OF LIFE
BRITISH
WAY OF LIFE
| BRITISH
WAY OF LIFE
Le "modèle"
anglo-saxon, libéral ... et blairo-socialiste...
Beuark.
AMERICAN WAY OF LIFE... |
Royaume-Uni
: Les profs pourront fouiller les élèves
Les enseignants britanniques auront désormais le pouvoir de fouiller leurs élèves s’ils les suspectent de porter un couteau, selon une réforme annoncée par le ministre de l’éducation Alan Johnson. Le ministère a précisé que les écoles britanniques ne suivraient cependant pas la voie des Etats-Unis où les fouilles et les détecteurs de métaux font depuis longtemps partie de la vie quotidienne des établissements scolaires. Mais si le ministre de l’éducation a déclaré que la fouille serait "un pouvoir et non un devoir", les syndicats d’enseignants ont fait savoir que cette stratégie était par trop dangereuse du fait "de ses éventuelles conséquences fatales".
Schools get power to search pupils for knives By Ben Quinn -
The Daily Telegraph, 01 june 2007Teachers or security guards will be able to search pupils for knives and other offensive weapons without their consent, under a new law which comes into force today. Education Secretary Alan Johnson: Schools get powers to search pupils
for knives
It follows the introduction of powers allowing schools to use screening devices such as metal detectors in a bid to protect students from knife crime. However, teachers’ leaders have raised concerns about the reforms, warning that the strategy for schools in England could have "dangerous or fatal consequences". One union suggested that ministers should advise headteachers to consider offering protective clothing when asking staff to search potentially dangerous pupils. The moves takes place against a backdrop of mounting concern about the carrying of knives by students and a number of stabbing deaths of young people. Luke Walmsley, 14, was stabbed through the heart during a break in lessons at Birkbeck College in North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, in November 2003. Kiyan Prince, a schoolboy footballer with Queens Park Rangers, was stabbed in the heart outside his school gates in Edgware, north London, on May 18 last year. In March, Kodjo Yenga, 16, was stabbed in Hammersmith, west London, while Adam Regis, 15, was murdered days later in the east of the city. Guidance accompanying the introduction of new regulations says staff should call police if they are concerned about safety risks, and schools can use professionally trained security staff to conduct screening and searching. It says that staff can only carry out searches with the authorisation of the headteacher and includes advice on how to screen pupils, suggesting that a randomly selected group of pupils, such as a class, could be screened in order to send out a strong deterrent message. Two members of staff must be present at every search, and the guidance recommends that both should have received appropriate training. Searches must by conducted by a staff member who is the same sex as the pupil and, where possible, they should take place out of public view. Pupils can be refused entry to schools if they refuse to be screened. Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, said that the new power had been called for by teachers, adding: "Our guidance makes clear that a search should never take place where there is any risk to staff or pupils. In those circumstances the police should be called." He said: "The main way to keep knives out of our schools is to continue educating young people about the dangers associated with illegally carrying a knife. "I think parents will welcome the clear message that bringing a weapon into school is a criminal offence and will not be tolerated." However, the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) said it was the job of police to search individuals for weapons. It said that it would advise members to call for help from police, who were trained and had the appropriate body armour, if they suspected a pupil had a weapon. The association said metal detectors and other screening devices would be "somewhat impractical" given the size of most secondary schools and the number of entrances and exits. NAHT spokeswoman Jan Myles said: "This is a high-risk strategy which could have dangerous or fatal consequences." The Professional Association of Teachers (PAT) welcomed the reforms, but said that ministers should advise heads to consider offering protective clothing when asking staff to search "potentially dangerous pupils for knives or guns." "Heads should consider purchasing protective clothing for the school’s
security office so it is available when necessary," he added.
Teachers reluctant to frisk pupils for knives By Sarah Womack, Social Affairs Correspondent -
Teachers gave warning last night that they would not be prepared to
use new legal powers to search pupils for weapons without their consent
because of the risks involved.
The
Daily Telegraph, 31 mai 2007They were responding to powers that enable schools to use force to remove children's jackets and jumpers and search trouser pockets for knives or guns. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers, representing 160,000 staff, advised its members not to frisk pupils without their agreement. They said the strategy was high-risk, with "potentially fatal consequences", and that they would still need to call the police if they suspected that a pupil had a weapon. The new powers were welcomed by some head teachers, who stressed they were likely to be used very rarely. Alan Johnson, the Education Secretary, said that parents would endorse the move. "If a teacher suspects a child of carrying a knife they have to wait for the police to arrive before that child can be searched - unless the child agrees to be searched," he said. "In that time any weapon they are carrying may have been passed on." The Government recommends that trained security staff are involved when teachers search a pupil. The police should be called if there is any risk to safety. Staff will also be able to screen pupils using devices such as metal detectors. The measures, in the Violent Crime Reduction Act, were introduced after consultation with teachers' unions. Staff must be the same sex as the pupil and searches should take place away from public view. Two members of staff, preferably trained, must always be present. The guidelines also suggest random screening of selected groups "to send a strong deterrent message". Pupils who refuse to be screened can be barred from the school. However, to mount a search, suspicion must be reasonable and not based on stereotypical images of certain pupils. Mr Johnson, who is a contender for Labour's deputy leadership, said that the reforms would be a "power not a duty". The National Association of Head Teachers said it was the job of police to search individuals for weapons. It would advise members to call for help from police if they suspected a pupil had a weapon. Metal detectors and other screening devices would be "somewhat impractical" given the size of most secondary schools and the number of entrances. The association's spokesman Jan Myles said: "This high-risk strategy could have dangerous or fatal consequences." The Professional Association of Teachers said ministers should advise heads to consider offering protective clothing when asking staff to search pupils. Dr Mary Bousted, general secretary of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers, said: "We do not consider it appropriate for our members to be involved in anything "Those schools which do decide to go down this road would need to proceed with caution."
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Présentation
| SOMMAIRE
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| Le
nouveau sirop-typhon : déplacements de populations ? chèque-éducation
? ou non-scolarisation ? |
| Pluralisme
scolaire et "éducation alternative" | Jaune
devant, marron derrière : du PQ pour le Q.I. |
| Le
lycée "expérimental" de Saint-Nazaire |
Le
collège-lycée "expérimental" de Caen-Hérouville|
| L'heure
de la... It's time for ... Re-creation | Freinet
dans (?) le système "éducatif" (?) |
| Changer
l'école | Des
écoles différentes ? Oui, mais ... pas trop !|
L'école
Vitruve |
| Colloque
Freinet à ... Londres | Des
écoles publiques "expérimentales" |
| 68
- 98 : les 30 P-l-eureuses | Et
l'horreur éducative ? |
