EduClips: Safety Precautions Failed to Stop Texas School Shooting but Might Have Prevented a Worse Tragedy; IL Lawmakers Allow Medical Marijuana in Schools — and More Must-Reads From America’s 15 Biggest School Districts
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Top Story
TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING — They, like so many others, thought they had taken the steps to avoid this.
The school district had an active-shooter plan, and two armed police officers walked the halls of the high school. School district leaders had even agreed last fall to eventually arm teachers and staff under the state’s school marshal program, one of the country’s most aggressive and controversial policies intended to get more guns into classrooms.
They thought they were a hardened target, part of what’s expected today of the American public high school in an age when school shootings occur with alarming frequency. And so a death toll of 10 was a tragic sign of failure and needing to do more, but also a sign, to some, that it could have been much worse. ()
National News
TEXAS SCHOOL SHOOTING:
— Everything About the Texas School Shooting Seems Horribly Familiar ()
— Obama’s education secretary: Let’s boycott school until gun laws change ()
— Advocates to Betsy DeVos: Give Educators ‘Meaningful Opportunities’ to Inform School Safety Work ()
— Police search for motive in Texas school shooting ()
DEVOS — Five Things to Watch for When Betsy DeVos Makes Rare Visit to Capitol Hill ()
District and State News
HAWAII — Amid Explosions and Lava Flow in Hawaii, One Charter Leader Offers Her School a Steady Hand (Read at The74Million.org)
GEORGIA — Diverse field in Gwinnett school board race could bring a first ()
CALIFORNIA — Charter Backers Outspending Teachers in California Races ()
ILLINOIS — Illinois lawmakers vote to let kids take medical marijuana in school ()
PENNSYLVANIA — Warrant issued for fake Alicia Keys DJ who duped Philadelphia school officials ()
NEW YORK — How NYC protects principals accused of sex harassment ()
CALIFORNIA — Innovative high school for new immigrant students a model in California ()
NEW YORK — Principal who challenged parents at desegregation meeting speaks up ()
Think Pieces
SCHOOL SAFETY — 2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members ()
TEACHERS — Two studies point to the power of teacher-student relationships to boost learning ()
SCHOOL SAFETY — How Congress Has Dithered as the Innocent Get Shot ()
SCIENCE — They’re the Brainstorming Smarties, and they have their work down to a science ()
LEARNING — When the future of learning prompts uncomfortable discussions ()
IMMIGRANT STUDENTS — SPLC demands equal education for immigrant children ()
Quote of the Day
“My first indication is that our policies and procedures worked. Having said that, the way things are, if someone wants to get into a school to create havoc, they can do it.” —J.R. “Rusty” Norman, president of the district board of trustees that oversees Santa Fe High School in Texas, where a student gunman killed 10 and injured 13 people Friday. ()
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