Leonard Pitts, Jr.: Why Worry about School Shootings When the Real Danger is Books?
Leonard Pitts, Jr. wrote the following article in the Miami Herald: Once again, carnage goes to school. Once again, American students are used for target...
Category : Guns in Schools
Holding Parents Accountable When Their Children Kill
This very important story appeared in the Washington Post. She had seen her grandson’s red, spiral-bound notebook before that night, but now, as Catherine O’Connor...
Nancy Flanagan on the Killings at Oxford High School
Nancy Flanagan, a retired teacher in Michigan and expert blogger, asks rhetorically, “Who is to blame?” Obviously the shooter and his parents, who bought the...
Michigan: Another Tragic School Shooting
You read the news: another school shooting. This time in Michigan. Students and teachers in most schools have drills to practice defense against a shooter,...
BREAKING NEWS! QAnon Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Appointed to House Education and Labor Committee
The House Republican conference just indulged in a sick joke: It assigned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to the House Education and Labor Committee. Rep. Greene...
Colorado: Students Training to Respond to Active Shooter in School
Since the U.S. Senate refuses to consider any regulation of guns, some schools are preparing for the next shooter. In Colorado, students are receiving training...
Douglas County, Colorado: District Debates Charter School Over Teachers Carrying Guns
Last May, there was a school shooting in the STEM Academy charter school in Douglas County, Colorado, one of the most affluent districts in the...
Father of Boy Killed at Sandy Hook Wins Defamation Suit
The parents of the children massacred at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. have been subject to unending abuse by conspiracy theorists who...
Tim Slekar: A Podcast about Survivors of School Shootings
Tim Slekar produced a podcast about school shootings and their aftermath. Two survivors of the Parkland mass shooting committed suicide, as did the father of...
Cashing in on Kids: The School Security Gold Rush
In the Public Interest is a nonpartisan organization that tracks the privatization of public services and assets. Its latest report: Is school security the next...