Apr 27 School shootings don’t need to be deadly to traumatize students and teachers By Evie Blad, Education Week It happened so quickly that this teacher wasn’t sure what she was feeling when a piece of shrapnel struck her in the forehead. Continue reading
Apr 18 Parents of Parkland victims call for national school safety standards By Matthew Daly, Associated Press At a Capitol forum led by Florida's two U.S. senators, one father said airports and other public buildings must meet national standards -- why not schools?… Continue reading
Apr 11 Vermont governor signs bill that raises age to buy firearms, makes it easier to take guns from people who pose threat By Wilson Ring, Associated Press "This is not the time to do what's easy, it's time to do what's right," Gov. Phil Scott said. Continue reading
Mar 27 Watch 7:19 Friends who survived Sandy Hook and Parkland are on a mission to ‘move the needle’ on gun reform By William Brangham Among the hundreds of thousands at last weekend's March for Our Lives in Washington were two women who share an uncanny bond. Friends for over three decades, Yvonne Cech and Diana Haneski are also both school librarians who survived different… Continue watching
Mar 26 Fabricated photo shows Parkland shooting survivor Emma Gonzalez destroying Constitution By Associated Press The doctored animation, and news stories about it, were shared nearly 70,000 times on social media. Continue reading
Mar 25 Watch 24:59 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 25, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, March 25, political fallout from March for Our Lives, and why an increasing number of African Americans are looking to buy guns. Also, New York’s Tenement Museum exhibits the lives of three immigrant families to… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 1:45 These students carried stories of gun violence to the March for Our Lives By PBS News Hour Hundreds of thousands of people rallied in Washington, D.C., and across the country on Saturday to speak out against gun violence in the wake of the Parkland shooting in February. Andre Tinoco of Northview High School and NewsHour’s Student Reporting… Continue watching
Mar 25 Watch 3:44 What’s next for the student-led movement for gun reform? By PBS News Hour Thousands of students took to the streets across the country on Saturday to rally for tougher gun control laws as President Trump continued to shake up his legal team amid an ongoing Russia investigation. But will there be political ramifications… Continue watching
Mar 25 Youth of color say the March for Our Lives represents a lifelong battle By Student Reporting Labs Students of color, whose communities are disproportionately affected by gun violence, say the March for Our Lives was especially significant to them. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 7:34 Parkland victim’s father: We will get gun reform in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Children want to be able to go to school, church and the mall without fear of being shot, and they are going to demand it, says Fred Guttenberg, a vocal advocate for reforming the nation's gun laws since his 14-year-old… Continue watching