Educators Endorse Safety Measures – Not Arming Teachers
A report by teachers groups and gun-safety advocates says guns would be ineffective in schools.
THE TWO NATIONAL teachers union and a leading gun safety group called on federal and state lawmakers to pass a variety of gun laws to prevent future school shootings as part of a school safety report released Monday.
The report, published by Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association, comes just days before Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, marks one year since a mass shooting in which a former student killed 17 children and adults.
KEEPING OUR SCHOOLS SAFE: A PLAN TO STOP MASS SHOOTINGS AND END GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS -https://everytownresearch.org/documents/2019/02/keeping-our-schools-safe.pdf
"It's been now almost a year since Parkland," said John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety. "I know students served as live witness to that tragedy, and their voices helped make 2018 the year of gun safety.
"There's still a significant amount of work to be done," he said. "It's up to us to solve this problem."
The school safety report stands in stark contrast to the one published by the White House's Federal Commission on School Safety in December, which recommended the Department of Education scrap Obama-era guidance aimed at reducing the number of students of color who are disciplined – a move that ignited a firestorm among civil rights groups.
The White House report also called for schools to consider arming school personnel – an idea that President Donald Trump floated in the immediate aftermath of the Parkland shooting but one CONTINUE READING: Educators Endorse Safety Measures – Not Arming Teachers | Education News | US News