Teachers
In addition to school supplies, teachers are in need of snacks, cleaning products and even personal hygiene products to help their students feel safe.
In a nation with the highest rate of gun ownership, Republicans have somehow concluded that we should add more guns.
Adding to frustration for some educators was the scapegoating of a teacher initially blamed for propping open the door a gunman used to enter the school in Uvalde.
"That day, I was running my first active shooter drill."
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"I finally made it to the library but I was crying too hard to see the shooter. ... Holding the gun limply by my side, I immediately broke down."
Since the pandemic began, experts have warned of a mental health crisis facing American children.
Four students were killed and eight others, including a teacher, were injured in a shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan.
Teachers in the neighboring St. Paul School District announced a tentative agreement late Monday night to avert a strike that had also been scheduled to start Tuesday.
"Josh died on Jan. 18, 2018, in his mother’s arms, 354 days after his diagnosis — and my world, as I had known it, ended."
"Not everyone is aware of a big issue that makes starting a family prohibitive for those of us in this profession."