2012年12月20日星期四

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Yahoo! News: Education News


Guns in schools? Sandy Hook rekindles hot debate on arming teachers

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 04:17 PM PST

Imagine this: Instead of blasting his way into the Sandy Hook Elementary School and killing 26 students and staff without anyone to stop him, Adam Lanza runs into a teacher or supervisor with a gun. Mr. Lanza is killed or incapacitated, and a massacre is averted.

Missouri Lawmakers’ Solution: Armed Teachers in Classrooms

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 02:12 PM PST

If 25 members of the Missouri General Assembly have their way, armed teachers in the state's classrooms may become more prevalent. House Bill 70 was introduced by state Rep. Mike Kelley, R-Lamar, in wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn. The bill, if passed, would authorize teachers and school administrators to carry concealed firearms onto school property if they have a state-regulated permit.

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:52 AM PST

This Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 photo shows the sign in front of the Harrold Independent School District in Harrold, Texas. The K-12 school has a policy allowing teachers and other school employees to carry concealed weapons, a controversial policy that's now being considered in at least five other states in the wake of last week's deadly elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. (AP Photo/Angela K. Brown)HARROLD, Texas (AP) — In this tiny Texas town, children and their parents don't give much thought to safety at the community's lone school — mostly because some of the teachers are carrying concealed weapons.


Chicago Teachers Union chief uses Sandy Hook to bash Teach For America

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 12:01 AM PST

Only days after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the head of the nation's third-largest teachers union is blaming Teach For America for helping "kill and disenfranchise children."

Red, White, and Wrong: Filipino Teachers Exploited in America

Posted: 19 Dec 2012 04:29 PM PST

A jury ruled this week that a recruiting firm and its owner must pay $4.5 million to 350 Filipino teachers they enticed to Louisiana and forced into manipulative contracts to work in public schools.

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