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Boy, 6, who took gun out of backpack and shot teacher in classroom will not face charges

Abigail Zwerner, 25, was teaching at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia when a six-year-old student fired a gun at her in what's been described as an "intentional" shooting

Daily Mirror

Boy, 6, will not face charges for shooting Virginia teacher, say prosecutors

Abigail Zwerner was shot and injured on 6 January at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News

The Independent UK

These students raised thousands to make their playground wheelchair-friendly

When a grant for accessible playground equipment didn't cover all the costs, the students at a Minnesota elementary school launched a fundraising campaign.

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CPS spending $76 million to upgrade aging security cameras

High-definition cameras will be installed at 311 district schools over three years, CPS announced Wednesday, including at Benito Juarez High School in Pilsen, where two students were killed after school last year.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas third grader finds gun left in elementary school bathroom by superintendent

The district only informed parents and police of the January incident last Wednesday, 15 February

The Independent UK

Commentary: How repeat exposure to shootings like Michigan State’s traumatizes young people — and what we can do about it

Yet again this week we are grappling with the news of another mass shooting on school grounds, this time at Michigan State University. Last Monday’s shooting took place on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the attack that killed 17 students and staffers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School…

Los Angeles Times

Nikki Haley says Ron DeSantis didn’t go ‘far enough’ with Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Haley told the crowd at a town hall in New Hampshire that conversations about gender should be banned in elementary schools altogether

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Six-year-old boy found with loaded handgun at Virginia school weeks after teacher shot

Mother of boy who brought gun to Norfolk elementary school is now facing charges

The Independent UK

'Barefoot Gen' to be removed from Hiroshima peace education textbook

HIROSHIMA -- The Hiroshima city board of education plans to replace a long-used and globally known manga series that depicts the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima as part of its peace education materials used at municipal schools in the next academic year.

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6-year-old brings handgun to Va. elementary school, police say; mother charged

NORFOLK, Va. — Norfolk police charged the mother of a 6-year-old whom police said brought a handgun to Little Creek Elementary School on Thursday.

Tribune News Service

Brickbat: OK, Everyone Is Welcome

Centennial Elementary School in Washington has backed off a plan to create a "safe space" club open only to "black, indigenous and people of color" students. After the club was announced, several white students expressed an interest in joining. Meanwhile, some parents said the idea of a racially segregated club…

Reason

Do elementary school students do better when taught by teachers of the same race or ethnicity? New research finds: Not that much

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

The Conversation

Editorial: Students who endured two school shootings are a testament to America's failure

A sobering footnote to Monday’s mass shooting at Michigan State University is not about the three dead victims but rather some of the survivors — including a college student who, 10 years ago, was among the children who lived through the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Connecticut that took…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: In light of Richneck shooting, treat complaints with urgency

While the investigation into the Jan. 6 shooting at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News continues, allegations against the school division allege an escalating pattern of disruptive behavior before the 6-year-old shot 25-year-old first-grade teacher Abigail Zwerner.

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Chicago Sun-Times

Police issue citations as activists attempt to enter shuttered Woodlawn school housing newly arrived immigrants

The city’s plans to transform the shuttered James Wadsworth Elementary School into a temporary shelter for migrants seeking asylum has been met with controversy in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood.

Daily Mirror

Boy, 6, who shot teacher in classroom had 'history of violent behaviour at school'

Lawyers for teacher Abby Zwerner, 25, accuse Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, US, of failing to act despite being told the student had a gun in his backpack

The Independent UK

Elementary school principal and gym teacher fired for having sex on campus as his wife filmed them

‘Totality of the evidence tends to support Mr Charles’s claim of an inappropriate relationship,’ outside investigators say in report

Daily Mirror

Boy, 5, found with gun magazine and ammunition in backpack at primary school

Police were called to Porter Elementary School in New York, US, on Monday after staff discovered a 5-year-old boy had a gun magazine and ammunition in his backpack

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The Independent UK

Parents at school where boy, 6, shot teacher prepare to sue

The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher have filed notices of potential legal action against the school system

Irish Mirror

First-grade student who shot teacher in US school allegedly tried to choke another teacher

Teacher Abby Zwerner was seriously injured when she was shot by a six-year-old boy at Richneck Elementary School on January 6

Daily Mirror

Boy, 6, who shot teacher tried to choke colleague 'until she couldn't breath'

Abby Zwerner, a teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, US, was shot at a reading table in her classroom after a 6-year-old boy stashed a gun into his backpack

Tribune News Service

‘Parents’ Bill of Rights’ clears final hurdle, set for Tuesday floor vote in NC Senate

RALEIGH, N.C. — The "Parents’ Bill of Rights" cleared a final hurdle Monday, setting up an expected floor vote Tuesday for the controversial legislation that would ban topics like gender identity and sexuality from being taught in most elementary school classrooms in North Carolina, and potentially force teachers to out…

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New revelations from Richneck: Claim contends assistant principal failed to react to several warnings about 6-year-old

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The year before a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, he choked another teacher “until she couldn’t breathe,” a pending claim against the Newport News school division contends.

Belfast Live

St Comgall's visited by Belfast Mayor following multi-million pound transformation

The site had fallen into disrepair since the Elementary School closed in the mid-1990s

Chicago Sun-Times

These are some of the people in line to profit from Lightfoot’s Bally’s casino deal

Among them: the family of the woman chairing the mayor’s reelection campaign fund, contractors that are Lightfoot financial backers and two clout-heavy real estate investors whose children attended the Catholic elementary school where Lightfoot’s daughter was a student.

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