Apr 20 The Columbine shooting was 19 years ago today. Here's how students are marking the anniversary By Colleen Slevin, Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press A planned national high school walkout for gun control on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting Friday won't include student protests at the Colorado school that changed the way the nation viewed shootings. Continue reading
Mar 23 Life support ends for 'brain dead' school shooting victim in Maryland By Matthew Barakat and Brian Witte, Associated Press A teenage girl was brain dead days after being shot when a classmate opened fire inside their Maryland high school and was to be removed from life support, her mother said Thursday. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 5:16 News Wrap: Investigators search Texas FedEx after package bound for Austin explodes By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the investigation of apparent serial bombings in Texas shifted after a package with an Austin address exploded at a FedEx shipping center outside San Antonio. Also, a 17-year-old student shot and wounded two fellow students… Continue watching
Mar 15 WATCH: New video shows what happened outside Parkland school shooting By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Police and school officials had resisted the release, saying it was evidence in an active investigation. Video of what happened inside the school is not being released. Continue reading
Mar 14 Parkland shooting suspect Cruz appears in court, remains silent when asked about plea By Curt Anderson, Associated Press The former student charged with killing 17 people at a Florida high school last month refused to announce a plea on Wednesday so a judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf. Continue reading
Feb 27 Watch 5:20 Texas schools can choose to train and arm their teachers. Here's how it works By PBS News Hour President Trump, a number of other Republicans and the NRA have ramped up calls for arming teachers. But it's an idea that generating a lot of criticism among educators. Jason Villalba, a Texas state representative and the architect of the… Continue watching
Feb 27 Watch 4:22 Teachers want common-sense gun reform, not to carry weapons, says National Education Association official By PBS News Hour What do teachers think of calls from President Trump and others for arming educators as a response to mass shootings at schools? Becky Pringle of the National Education Association joins John Yang to share opposition to the proposal and why… Continue watching
Feb 23 Opinion: I've asked hundreds of students if they would feel safer if I was armed. Not one has said yes By Mike Conrad Teacher Mike Conrad says in the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida, students have told him they'd feel less safe if teachers were armed. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch If we arm teachers, 'we have accepted... that school shootings will not stop,' says Detroit teacher By PBS News Hour After last week's mass shooting at a Florida school, "students are scared," gasping even at the sound of the normal school announcement system going off, says Mike Conrad, a teacher at a high school outside Detroit. Conrad joins Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Feb 21 Watch 9:03 Scottish town devastated by gun violence has advice for America: Say 'no more' By Malcolm Brabant For the Scottish town of Dunblane, one deadly shooting massacre was enough. After 16 children and a teacher were murdered in 1996, Britain outlawed hand-gun ownership. After years of watching deadly shootings in the U.S. with little change in American… Continue watching