DES MOINES, Iowa—Authorities on Friday charged a second teenager with murder in the shooting deaths of two students at a Des Moines educational program. Bravon Michael Tukes, 19, of Des Moines, faces two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted murder, and one count of criminal gang participation. The charges match those filed earlier…
Lawyer: Warnings Boy Had Gun Ignored Before He Shot Teacher
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration “was paralyzed by apathy” and didn’t call police, remove the boy from class, or lock down the…
School Board in Virginia Votes to Fire Superintendent After Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Sues School District
The Virginia elementary school teacher who was shot by a student in a classroom earlier this month is suing her school district, which she alleged could have done more to prevent the shooting. Following the announcement of the lawsuit, the Newport News Public Schools school board on the same day voted 5-1 to fire its superintendent, Dr. George Parker…
Lawyer: Gun Used by Child Who Shot Teacher Was ‘Secured’
NORFOLK, Va.—The family of a 6-year-old boy who shot and wounded his teacher in Virginia said Thursday that the gun he used had been “secured” and that one of his parents usually accompanied him in class but did not the week the shooting occurred. The family’s statement was released by an attorney and did not…
Hey, Teacher, Leave Those Kids Alone
January 13, 2023
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Commentary When Pink Floyd’s song “Another Brick in the Wall” was popular, I did not like it. The grammatical construction of the lyrics was aggressively wrong, and the whole thing struck me as a dangerous paean to ignorance. I never liked those kids who were “too cool for school.” In general, the song came across…
Missouri Boarding School Under Investigation Will Shut Down
A Christian boarding school in Missouri that’s been under intense scrutiny over abuse allegations announced Wednesday that it will close later this month due to financial hardship. Agape Boarding School in Stockton has been the subject of state and location investigations and several lawsuits from former students. It will stop providing service effective Jan. 20,…
Few Schools Returning to Mask Mandates as COVID Cases Increase
At least five school districts, most in the northeast of the country, have reinstated mask requirements for students amid an uptick in COVID-19 infections, and two requested that students be tested for the virus before returning to school from winter break. However, the trend toward student mask requirements does not appear to be growing toward…
Student, 17, Suspected of Killing Teacher at German School
BERLIN—A 17-year-old boy is suspected of killing a teacher at a vocational school in northwestern Germany on Tuesday, authorities said. The youth apparently sought out his teacher at the school building in Ibbenbueren, near the Dutch border, on Tuesday afternoon. She was alone in a classroom at the time. The student is suspected of fatally…
Teacher Wounded in Virginia Elementary School Shooting
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.—A shooting at a Virginia elementary school sent a teacher to the hospital and ended with “an individual” in custody Friday, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. No students were injured at the shooting at Richneck Elementary School, police said in a news release. The extent of the…
Florida Mom Warns About Transgender Activism in Schools: ‘A Pathway to Being a Patient for Life’
Transgender activism, now prevalent in schools and medicine, is putting struggling children who could otherwise be helped with ethical, evidence-based treatment on a pathway of “being a patient for life,” warned January Littlejohn, a mental therapist turned parental rights advocate. In 2021, Littlejohn made national headlines when she sued her daughter’s Florida school district after…
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