Education

Education

A college education is a good thing but you don't have to rush to complete it

6:23am May 27, 2022

Betty Sandison, 84, this month earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota. She began in 1955, and then paused for family and work reasons. She reenrolled in 2018.

School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

Experts say we can prevent school shootings. Here's what the research says

5:59pm May 26, 2022

School safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures communities and politicians can take to protect students.

What schools can (and can't) do to prevent school shootings

4:37pm May 26, 2022

by Cory Turner

After several high-profile school shootings in recent years, school safety experts have coalesced around a handful of important measures that communities and politicians can take to protect students.

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Oxford High School students embrace each other during Thursday's walkout.

Students at a Michigan school where a mass shooting occurred show support for Uvalde

3:37pm May 26, 2022

by The Associated Press

Hundreds of students at Oxford High School, the Michigan school where four were killed in November, walked out and formed a 'U' on the football field to show support for Uvalde students and families.

Community members gather May 21 to support each other near the Tops market that was targeted in a racist mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

After the Uvalde shooting, even parents can't enter Buffalo schools without notice

11:25am May 26, 2022

by Christopher Dean Hopkins

The school district in Buffalo, N.Y., announced Wednesday it would keep all school doors locked during the school day, and bar all unannounced visits to its buildings, including by students' parents.

Nineteen children and two adults were killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Parents are struggling to cope with the loss and with how to explain it to their children.

What to say to kids about school shootings to ease their stress

10:22am May 26, 2022

by Allison Aubrey

The death of children, shot at school, is hard to comprehend. It can be even harder for kids. Counselors say parents should take cues from their kids, listen to their fears and answer their questions.

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How does a Texas teacher continue working on the day after a school shooting?

5:11am May 26, 2022

Imagine what it must be like to be a teacher in the schools around Uvalde, Texas. Following Tuesday's shooting, you have to go back to work, greet your students and try to make them feel safe.

Education

Researchers offer suggestions for how to prevent the next school shooting

5:11am May 26, 2022

After several high-profile school shootings in recent years, school safety experts have centered on some important measures that communities and politicians can take to protect students.

Investigators search for evidence outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Wednesday, the day after a mass shooting took place there.

What we know so far about the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas

6:37pm May 25, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

Tuesday's attack at Robb Elementary School took the lives of 21 people. An additional 17 people were injured.

Parkland survivor says gun violence always leaves communities 'broken'

6:05pm May 25, 2022

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Jaclyn Corin, Parkland shooting survivor and co-founder of March for Our Lives, about her response to the Uvalde attack and how living through Parkland has shaped her.

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