This paper presents the results of a set of exploratory research projects, aiming to investigate the school violence among students and teachers and some of their practical implications. Based on quantitative and qualitative methods, they focused on cases of public and private urban schools. Conclusions suggest that school is at the same time author, victim and a laboratory where students learn to do violence. Significant differences in violence perspectives recommend their discussion between students and teachers to establish a pact on common rules and approved behaviors. Essential conditions for that are democratic, non-bureaucratic, school management, with effective leadership, and curricular dynamics significant for students, emphasizing values and emotions in the framework of paradigmatic change in education.
School violence; Sociology of education; School management; Curriculum