NPR: guns in schools https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=167698539 guns in schools en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:15:13 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: guns in schools https://www.npr.org/tags/167698539/guns-in-schools How the arts can help children think about gun violence The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem. Tue, 07 Jun 2022 16:00:49 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103391896/how-the-arts-can-help-children-think-about-gun-violence https://www.npr.org/2022/06/07/1103391896/how-the-arts-can-help-children-think-about-gun-violence When Black Boys Die, a gunplay written and directed by William Electric Black.'/>

The former Sesame Street writer is working with the NYPD to create a small pilot program on gun violence at an elementary school in East Harlem.

]]> Jon Kalish Florida Approves Bill Allowing Classroom Teachers To Be Armed It will be up to districts whether they want to allow teachers to be armed. Critics of the bill said it could make classrooms more dangerous to students. Thu, 02 May 2019 13:06:49 -0400 https://www.npr.org/2019/05/02/719585295/florida-approves-bill-allowing-classroom-teachers-to-be-armed https://www.npr.org/2019/05/02/719585295/florida-approves-bill-allowing-classroom-teachers-to-be-armed

It will be up to districts whether they want to allow teachers to be armed. Critics of the bill said it could make classrooms more dangerous to students.

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]]> Laurel Wamsley Gun-Trained Teacher Accidentally Shoots Gun In Calif. High School Classroom The teacher, a reserve police officer, discharged his firearm during a lesson. Debris fell from the ceiling, and no one was injured. The teacher has been placed on leave. Wed, 14 Mar 2018 18:31:17 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/14/593531945/gun-trained-teacher-accidentally-shoots-gun-in-calif-high-school-classroom https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/14/593531945/gun-trained-teacher-accidentally-shoots-gun-in-calif-high-school-classroom The teacher, a reserve police officer, discharged his firearm during a lesson. Debris fell from the ceiling, and no one was injured. The teacher has been placed on leave.

]]> Emily Sullivan Georgia School Evacuated After Teacher Barricaded Himself In Classroom And Fired Gun No students were in the classroom when the teacher fired the weapon, and despite a chaotic lockdown, the only injury was a student who hurt her ankle running away. Wed, 28 Feb 2018 22:37:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589714769/georgia-school-evacuated-after-teacher-barricaded-himself-in-classroom-and-fired https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589714769/georgia-school-evacuated-after-teacher-barricaded-himself-in-classroom-and-fired No students were in the classroom when the teacher fired the weapon, and despite a chaotic lockdown, the only injury was a student who hurt her ankle running away.

]]> Emily Sullivan Armored Backpacks, Volunteer Guards Among Responses To School Shootings The mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., has prompted a variety of responses. Along with reports about soaring sales of backpacks designed to protect against bullets, there's word of volunteers — such as one Marine in California — who are standing watch outside schools. Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:07:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/20/167698310/armored-backpacks-volunteer-guards-among-responses-to-school-shootings https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/12/20/167698310/armored-backpacks-volunteer-guards-among-responses-to-school-shootings

The mass shooting in Newtown, Conn., has prompted a variety of responses. Along with reports about soaring sales of backpacks designed to protect against bullets, there's word of volunteers — such as one Marine in California — who are standing watch outside schools.

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