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Former Ed Secretary: Arm School Employees

The Huffington Post | Dave Jamieson | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics

In the wake of the Newtown, Conn., mass shooting that claimed 26 lives Friday, former Education Secretary Bill Bennett said Sunday that schools should...

When Even The Toughest Plans Can't Save: School Had Drills To Handle Such Situations

Posted 12.17.2012 | Home

Sandy Hook Elementary didn't take chances when it came to safety. The school had regular lockdown drills, teaching students and teachers to stay q...

Worried About Another School Massacre? Go Ask Alice

Suzanne Hegland | Posted 01.14.2013 | Home
Suzanne Hegland

Do you feel like it might not be a great idea to counsel your kid to charge an armed killer? Well, according to the ALiCE team, you haven't yet faced the need for constant vigilance against armed assault.

Mobile Meth Lab Found On School Playground

Posted 12.25.2012 | Home

A group of first-graders at Mitchell-Neilson Primary School in Murfreesboro, Tenn. had their recess cut short this week when their teacher found remna...

11-Year-Old 'Heimlich Hero' Saves Choking Friend's Life

Posted 10.23.2012 | Home

Daniel Cunningham is being hailed as the "Heimlich Hero" for a quick-thinking act that saved his friend's life. After lunch at Blue Mountain Middle...

Florida School Looks To Improve Lightning Detection Equipment After Local Boy Is Struck

Posted 10.09.2012 | Home

Evangelical Christian School in Fort Myers is looking to spend more than $11,000 on improving its lightning detection equipment after a student at nea...

Shots Fired In Illinois School, 1 Student In Custody

AP | Posted 11.07.2012 | Home

NORMAL, Ill. — A teacher tackled a 14-year-old student and detained him just after the teen fired a gunshot into the ceiling of a packed Illinoi...

Police Chief: Store Assault Rifles In High Schools To Protect Students

Posted 10.22.2012 | Home

An Illinois community southwest of Chicago is astir after the local police chief proposed a new method to protect students: bring more guns to school....

'Going Stealth': A Complicated and Dynamic Family Decision

Wayne Maines | Posted 10.06.2012 | Parents
Wayne Maines

It was a very difficult time in so many ways. Imagine a brother and sister keeping this vital secret at such a young age. Every day we worried that someone might find out and we would have to move again.

There Are Proven Tools to Make Schools Safe, We Just Have to Use Them

Ted Wachtel | Posted 08.09.2012 | College
Ted Wachtel

Can we agree that it is less expensive to run a safe school than a dangerous one, thus saving taxpayers money? Can we agree that before test scores can rise, students have to feel safe at school?

Teen Loses Loaded Gun At School, Reports It Missing

Gregory Kristof | Posted 06.07.2012 | Home

A 13-year-old student at Erwin Middle School in Salisbury, N.C. was caught bringing a loaded gun to school -- after he reported to the school that it ...

7-Year-Old Kicked Off School Bus, Forced To Wander Alone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.30.2012 | Home

Amber Hobdy, a mother from Eagle Mountain, Utah, is outraged after her 7-year-daughter Kya was allegedly kicked off a school bus in an unfamiliar neig...

Bronx Parents and Community Members Protest Harsh Disciplinary Procedures

Dinu Ahmed | Posted 07.16.2012 | Home
Dinu Ahmed

The Bronx-based groups argue that harsh and punitive disciplinary measures that remove children from the classroom for minor incidents only exacerbate the problem of school pushout, and differentially impact youth of color.

Police Shoots Teen In Classroom Break-In Investigation

AP | Posted 07.01.2012 | Home

PASADENA, Texas — A police officer told investigators Tuesday that he shot a 14-year-old boy suspected in the overnight break-in of a Houston-ar...

Georgia Handcuffing Of Kindergartner For Tantrum Renews School Policing Debate

AP | JERI CLAUSING | Posted 06.18.2012 | Home

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A New Mexico teacher asked a 13-year-old girl to stop talking with her friend and move to another seat. The girl refused. Th...

Put the Brakes on School Bus Tragedies

Rep. Bruce Braley | Posted 06.17.2012 | Politics
Rep. Bruce Braley

Across the nation, drivers illegally pass stopped school buses 13 million times each year; in Iowa, 138,600 times every year. If we cut that number, we'll reduce the number of children killed and injured by reckless drivers.

Inside Detroit Public Schools: More on the Citizen Patrollers and Their Work to Protect the Students

Steven Wasko | Posted 05.30.2012 | Detroit
Steven Wasko

Detroit Public School expanded citizens' patrols and also issued a call for additional volunteers this year. That, plus a multi-agency effort, resulted in safer schools and safer routes to school.

Paramedic Pours Blood On Student During Drunk Driving Lesson

Posted 03.27.2012 | Home

Emergency Medical Services workers in Austin, Texas are investigating an alleged incident in which a paramedic poured blood on a high school student's...

School Bans Girl With Cerebral Palsy From Using Walker

Posted 05.26.2012 | Home

A Texas mother is planning to file a lawsuit against New Caney Independent School District after her daughter's special education director said the 5-...

Court: Colorado Students Can Carry Concealed Weapons On Campus

Posted 03.06.2012 | Home

Students and employees of Colorado institutions of higher education can legally carry guns on campus, according to a state Supreme Court ruling Monday...

Cancer-Causing Gas Abundant In 70,000 U.S. Schools: Why You'd Never Know

Posted 03.01.2012 | Home

A toxic, cancer-causing gas is threatening the health of students in thousands of classrooms across the country, but many districts aren't doing anyth...

12-Year-Old Boy In Custody For Brandishing Loaded Gun

AP | Posted 02.28.2012 | Home

WARREN, Texas -- Sheriff's deputies have taken a 12-year-old boy into custody after witnesses reported he pointed a loaded gun at a classmate standing...

Father: 'My Kid Made A Mistake' In School Shooting

AP | By MANUEL VALDES | Posted 08.15.2012 | Home

SEATTLE -- Prosecutors are expecting the police investigation into a shooting at a Washington elementary school to include a harder look into what rol...

Teacher Attacked By Steer At School

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 02.16.2012 | Home

Bill Kucic, a teacher at the Pioneer Career and Technology Center in Shelby, Ohio, was rushed to the hospital by helicopter after he was attacked by a...

Chicago Schools Pumped Up on Policing

Annette Fuentes | Posted 04.09.2012 | Home
Annette Fuentes

Policing in Chicago's schools arguably diminishes the quality of life, and more to the point, the educations of thousands of kids who get on the wrong side of the law.