Boston Public Schools Experimenting with Parent Focus Groups
Public schools in Boston are holding focus groups for parents intended to promote meaningful dialogue about issues ranging from student engagement to program changes. Lack of parental involvement is...
View ArticleGunman Shoots Two Children at a Carlsbad, California Elementary School
This past Friday morning, two children in the affluent San Diego neighborhood of Carlsbad were shot during recess at their elementary school. The victims, two little girls, 6 and 7 years old,...
View Article‘Sexy’ Russian Spy Anna Chapman At It Again, This Time With Guns
Although we’ve already written several posts about Anna Chapman, the Russian spy deported from the United States back in July, she just doesn’t stop with the ridiculousness. She is going to pose in...
View ArticleWisconsin Teacher Valerie Burd Lauded for Cool Head During School Shooting
Teacher Valerie Burd is being hailed as a hero following her actions at Marinette High School, where she remained calm after one of her students, Samuel Hengel, held her and over 20 students hostage...
View ArticleRethinking Kids, Television, Violence … and Guns
I was behind a truck plastered with NRA stickers at the Dunkin’ Donuts drive-thru today. I remember thinking about how interesting it was that gun lovers feel compelled to advertise so passionately...
View ArticleMale Killers More Overt, But No Crueler Than Females
The recent movie theater massacre in Aurora shocked the country. On some level, it did to movie-going what 9/11 did to flying—essentially, took away the innocence of what had hitherto been a common,...
View ArticleThere’s Nothing Else Worth Writing About, Really
Friday, December 14th, 2012, was like any other morning. I got up and got ready for work. I turned on the news and heard that there had been a mass shooting at an elementary school and I froze when I...
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