Headlines might lead one to believe that violence in schools is inexorably on the rise. Yet at least one state in the union has, intriguingly, bucked this trend: California.

A UCLA study found steady and steep decreases in California school violence over 18 years, including fights and reports of guns and weapons on campus. Faris sees a similar pattern in his own research.

A nationwide threat of school violence reportedly circulated on the social media platform TikTok has California educators and law enforcement officers on edge, prompting some Los Angeles schools ...

Despite mass shootings and other high-profile incidents nationwide, a new UCLA study has found that day-to-day violence at California’s middle and high schools is sharply lower than it was ...

LOS ANGELES — New research from UCLA shows a significant decrease in serious forms of violence across middle and high school campuses in California over the past two decades. The study ...

School violence is a problem both on and off school grounds, with reports of more than 20 episodes of gun violence at or near U.S. school sporting events since mid-August. In January of this year ...

A recent study I conducted with my colleagues analyzed school victimization trends across California from 2001 to 2019. The study examined reports of victimization from approximately 6 million 7th ...

Downtown Sutter Creek in Amador County, where a parent assaulted a teacher because of a COVID-19 mask mandate in schools, according to school officials.

Police and school district officials said they found no evidence that the two students who brought loaded guns to Redondo Union High School had any plan to commit campus violence.

A 2020 University of Maryland study published in the journal Criminology and Public Policy, found school districts that increased policing through federal grants “did not increase school safety.” ...

Newsom, who issued a state apology in 2019 for the historical violence against and mistreatment of Native Americans, also signed another 10 measures Friday to further support tribal needs.