SUMMARY:School shootings have become a tragic reality of modern American life. How can school administrators prepare for the worst-case scenario? John Ferrugia of Rocky Mountain PBS in Denver reports on how Colorado’s multiple deadly school shootings in the past 20 years have driven the state to develop new safety protocols -- some of which have been adopted across the country.
aka "Turning Our Schools into Fortresses" but no gun control. #NeverAgain #StandAgainstNRA
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SUMMARY:Citing a "holistic" approach to school safety, a federal commission led by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has released proposals on student mental health, cyber bullying, and discipline. For different perspectives on the report, Amna Nawaz talks to Catherine Lhamon, former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, and Jeanne Allen, CEO of Center for Education Reform.
Judy Woodruff (NewsHour):There have been 24 school shootings where someone was injured or killed this year at American public elementary, middle and high schools; 35 people have been killed, 28 of them students. Another 79 people have been injured.
Those are the latest stats that our colleagues at Education Week have been tracking. It's one of the worst years on modern record.
And yet there are still enormous differences of opinion about what should be done for school safety.
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