City of Baltimore - File #: 15-0232R

• File #: 15-0232R
• Version: 0
• Name: Teaching Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in City Schools
• Type: City Council Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 6/1/2015
• In control: Education and Youth Committee
• Final action: 7/20/2015
• Title: Teaching Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in City Schools FOR the purpose of calling on Baltimore City Public Schools to take steps to systematically integrate lessons in non-violent conflict resolution into its K-12 curriculum to help provide our children with the conflict resolution skills they will need to succeed in life.
• Sponsors: William "Pete" Welch, Bill Henry, Sharon Green Middleton, Eric T. Costello, Brandon M. Scott, James B. Kraft, President Young, Carl Stokes, Mary Pat Clarke, Edward Reisinger, Rochelle Spector, Warren Branch, Nick Mosby, Helen L. Holton, Robert Curran
• Indexes: City Schools, Non-Violent, Resolution, Teaching

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/20/2015	0	City Council	Adopted
7/20/2015	0	Education and Youth Committee	Recommended Favorably
7/16/2015	0	Education and Youth Committee	Recommended Favorably	Pass
6/8/2015	0	Education and Youth Committee	Scheduled for a Public Hearing
6/4/2015	0	The City Council	Refer to Baltimore City Public School System
6/1/2015	0	City Council	Assigned
6/1/2015	0	City Council	Introduced

* WARNING: THIS IS AN UNOFFICIAL, INTRODUCTORY COPY OF THE BILL.
THE OFFICIAL COPY CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IS THE FIRST READER COPY.
INTRODUCTORY*

CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)

Introduced by: Councilmember Welch

A RESOLUTION ENTITLED

A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Teaching Non-Violent Conflict Resolution in City Schools
FOR the purpose of calling on Baltimore City Public Schools to take steps to systematically integrate lessons in non-violent conflict resolution into its K-12 curriculum to help provide our children with the conflict resolution skills they will need to succeed in life.
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Recitals

Perhaps the most crucial role that schools play is to help provide our children with the tools they will need to succeed in life. Teaching academic subjects such as math and science is the most prominent way that schools provide these tools, but they also provide crucial lessons about maintaining health, interacting with a variety of people, and how to work as part of a team, amongst many others.

Integrating lessons in non-violent conflict resolution into this varied curriculum could give our children another set of much needed tools.

Conflict is an inevitable part of living in any society, but how to handle it is a skill that must be taught and practiced like any other in order to be mastered. Children are not born knowing how to resolve conflicts, and unfortunately the world we live in often provides more poor examples of how to handle conflict than positive ones. This leaves too many children without a real chance to develop the conflict resolution tools that they need.

Schools can fill this gap by providing lessons in non-violent conflict resoluti...