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By Martin H. Levinson According to the 2022 PDK poll of the public’s attitudes toward public schools, forty-five percent of Americans support arming teachers to prevent school shootings. Proponents say arming teachers would minimize deaths and deter potentia... More »
Department of Education Washington, DC. Office of the Secretary of Education The Honorable Betsy DeVos RE: TOOLKIT UPDATE: IMPORTANT MEMO TO SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS! FORM LETTER FOR INEVITABLE TEACHER DEATHS WILL DECREASE YOUR WORKLOAD. Dear School Administrator... More »
WASHINGTON DC. – On the heels of the mass shooting in a Florida high school and President Trump’s promotion of incentivizing armed teachers, the NRA has launched the “A Gun in Every Locker” program that aims to arm those most likely to be on the fr... More »
by Krista Genevieve Farris Photo credit: Andrew Geddes WHISPERING PINES – The following letter was sent from the Superintendent of schools to local parents: From: The Office of John Hale Merry, Superintendent of Whispering Pines Public School System To: ... More »
Many Americans believe the job of educating children should be shifted to the private sector to save money and to provide better instruction to children. A number of localities have already begun to move in this direction and scores of others are considering t... More »
By Dan Geddes 24 March 2012 AMSTERDAM–A recent Dutch law forbids the operation of any of Amsterdam’s world famous cannabis coffeeshops within 300 meters of a school. While many coffeeshops will be forced to close, one Amsterdam principal has responded to t... More »