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Joanne Jacobs
Sep 3, 20182 min read
New teen fiction genre: School shootings
Lilia Martinez, 15, a student in Michigan “estimates that of the 28 books she read over the last school year, both for pleasure and...
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Joanne Jacobs
Jun 3, 20182 min read
Safety fears encourage homeschooling
School safety fears are pushing parents to consider homeschooling, writes Valerie Richardson in the Washington Times. After a gunman...
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Joanne Jacobs
May 5, 20181 min read
What if kids walked out for better schools?
What if kids walked out demanding better schools? Erika Sanzi imagines demands for school quality and protests of...
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Joanne Jacobs
Mar 12, 20183 min read
Safe at school — but nowhere else
School is a safe haven from the streets, students at Baltimore’s Excel Academy tell Kevin Rector, a Baltimore Sun reporter. Seven...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 25, 20182 min read
‘It was never enough to get him arrested’
Parkland, Florida students and teachers are returning to Stoneman Douglas High this week, though not to the freshman building where a...
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Joanne Jacobs
Feb 19, 20182 min read
Can we blame video games for violence?
Lonely and miserable, the Florida shooter played video games for as much as 15 hours a day, Paul Gold, a former neighbor, told the Miami...
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Joanne Jacobs
Dec 11, 20172 min read
Student privacy vs. teacher safety
Do teachers have a right to know when a student has been charged with a violence crime? “Most states allow law enforcement agencies and...
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