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	<title>Drug Education News &#187; school drug policy</title>
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		<title>Teachers need protection, say Tories</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/teachers-need-protection-say-tories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Independent have an interview with Michael Gove, who speaks for the Conservative Party on children schools and family issues. According to the paper:
Mr Gove also promises action to strengthen teachers&#8217; powers to search pupils for weapons or drugs.
&#8220;We want to remove from teachers the fear factor of ending up in court or some disciplinary [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2490&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Relationship Between School Policies and Youth Tobacco Use</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/the-relationship-between-school-policies-and-youth-tobacco-use/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mike Ashton, of Findings fame, has been kind enough to send me a paper that readers will find interesting.

The concept is that, because classroom based programmes have had limited success (so far) in reducing young people smoking, that other school based interventions need to be explored, and that school policy may be one area worth [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=2069&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Consultation on Searching Pupils</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/consultation-on-searching-pupils/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve received a letter from the DCSF about proposals to change the rights of teachers to search pupils, which they proposing to take forward as part of the Children, Skills and Learners Bill.
This is in response to the proposals that Sir Alan Steer made earlier this year.
The letter says:
Firstly, governing bodies of schools, FE colleges [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1943&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From the Archive</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/08/28/from-the-archive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drug and Alcohol Findings have just made available two short articles from 2003 available for download.
They may be of interest:
Tick Box Returns No Guarantee of Quality Drug Education looks at the findings from the last Ofsted report on drug education back in 2003.
Testing Pupils For Drugs Does Not Reduce Drug Use examines the most significant [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1586&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Alan Steer&#8217;s Report</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/sir-alan-steers-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having had a frustrating day waiting for the report to go up on the DCSF website I&#8217;ve now been sent a scanned copy, which you can download here.
It&#8217;s not a long report, but here&#8217;s a quick summary of what Sir Alan says about drugs (including alcohol).

It is customary for schools to occasionally search pupils, but [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1456&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Union reaction to Steer</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/union-reaction-to-steer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:22:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed that three of our teaching union members have made statements on Sir Alan Steer&#8217;s report.
Voice
“Voice welcomes Sir Alan’s comments that schools are often safe havens for many children and that standards of pupil behaviour and parental responsibility are generally good. It is all too easy for society and the media to demonise young [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1449&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sir Alan Steer &#8211; Media Reaction</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/07/14/sir-alan-steer-media-reaction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 08:35:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BBC:
Teachers should be able to search pupils to stop them bringing alcohol and drugs into school, says a review on tackling bad behaviour among pupils.
Sir Alan Steer is to deliver proposals from his government-commissioned review of ways to raise discipline in schools.
Alcohol is identified as a growing problem and Sir Alan wants teachers in England [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1439&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Policy on School Trips</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/04/24/smoking-policy-on-school-trips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:26:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph:
A school has come under attack from parents after some students were allowed to smoke with staff supervision during a trip abroad.
The incident happened while more than 200 students were on a skiing trip to Austria during the Easter holidays. A group of 16 students, aged 15 and 16, were allowed to smoke while [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1221&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers to get search powers</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/teachers-to-get-search-powers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Telegraph:
 Teachers should be able to search pupils for alcohol, drugs and stolen goods, Ed Balls, the Schools Secretary, said yesterday.
At the moment staff must call in the police to carry out a search if they suspect pupils of carrying drink or drugs. Only if they believe the child is in possession of a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1152&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers &#8216;find drugs and weapons&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://drugeducationforum.wordpress.com/2008/03/25/teachers-find-drugs-and-weapons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The BBC on research carried out for the NUT:
 Overall, the share of teachers who had never found drugs or weapons on pupils has grown.But one in four said they had found an offensive weapon and one in five said they had found pupils possessing drugs.
A staggering one in 10 teachers had discovered children dealing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=drugeducationforum.wordpress.com&blog=1167587&post=1139&subd=drugeducationforum&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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