Courts
School board member and his brother arrested on felony child porn chargesThe vice president of a North Dakota school board has been arrested and charged with five felony counts for possessing prohibited content involving minors. Joel Opp, the vice… Read More
Public Education
Ohio teacher required ‘major brain surgery’ after being assaulted by a student, who may have been under the influence of drugsA 16-year-old student was arrested in Ohio after his alleged assault on a teacher left her suffering from a traumatic brain injury. After an… Read More
Public Education
Multiple victims and at least one killed during Iowa high school shootingA 6th grade student was killed and five others injured by 17-year-old student Dylan Butler Thursday at Perry High School in Iowa, law enforcement authorities have said. There… Read More
Public Education
Oregon parents try to oust superintendent over school violence in ‘restorative justice’ failParents outraged by a rising tide of violence in an Oregon school district are calling on the superintendent to resign. Over the past several months, the Tigard-Tualatin School… Read More
Public Education
Antisemitism behind riot that forced teacher to hide at New York high school, says city councilmanPolice are investigating what caused a mob of students to hound a terrified New York teacher for expressing support for Israel last week – but some already know the… Read More
Public Education
Virginia school board decides against releasing ‘damning’ report on graduation shootingThe Richmond, Virginia school board has voted to keep details of a mass shooting at a graduation secret from the public, much to the chagrin of the community. Read More
Public Education
Virginia judge says lawsuit of teacher shot by student will go forward as school district argues worker’s comp shieldA $40 million lawsuit in the notorious case where a 6-year-old boy shot his teacher in Virginia is going forward, a local judge in the… Read More
Public Education
Denver students protest district leadership after more school violenceDroves of Denver students skipped class to protest what they say has been the district’s inadequate response to school violence. Students of Martin Luther King, Jr. Early College,… Read More
Public Education
School locks down after brawl ends with 2 students stabbed(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Los Angeles high school went into lockdown Wednesday after a fight broke out, leaving four students injured, two of whom were stabbed, according… Read More
Public Education
Working group to examine Ohio school bus safety(The Center Square) – A week after a crash killed an elementary school student in southwest Ohio, Gov. Mike DeWine announced a working group to examine the safety of… Read More
Public Education
Philadelphia schools to use drones in ‘violence-prone’ areas to protect studentsThe School District of Philadelphia will be using drones in “violence-prone” areas in addition to new safety procedures to protect students from the city’s crime, according to Chalkbeat. Read More
Public Education
Denver middle school principal fired after publicly criticizing school safetyA Colorado school board backed its district’s decision to fire a middle school principal for raising concerns about school security. The Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education… Read More
Public Education
Mother of 6-year-old who shot his 1st grade teacher pleads guilty to felony charge of neglectThe mother of the 6-year-old boy who shot and nearly killed his 1st grade teacher at a Virginia elementary school earlier this year pleaded guilty to felony child neglect… Read More
Opinion
Op-ed: Youth crime epidemic plagues progressive cities and the young people they promised to saveYouths are being abandoned and killed in America thanks to progressive district attorneys and big city politicians who got elected using fake mandates on justice reform and COVID-19 school… Read More
Courts
New Jersey family reaches $9.1 million settlement with school district after bullied daughter’s suicideThe parents of a girl who died by suicide after being bullied won a $9.1 million settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit against a New Jersey school district. Diane… Read More
Crime, St. Louis
Holiday weekend violence stuns St. Louis with half a dozen shootings, including murder-suicide killing woman, two childrenA woman and three of her children were shot by her boyfriend Monday night in a murder-suicide barrage in suburban St. Louis that left only a 9-year-old girl wounded… Read More
Courts
Teacher shot by 1st-grader in Virginia has been fired by school after filing suit, says attorneyThe Virginia teacher who was shot by a first-grader has been fired in what her attorney says might be retaliation for her lawsuit against the school. In January, Richneck… Read More
Public Education
Professor who harassed pro-life students threatens, chases reporter with Machete(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A Hunter College professor will not return to campus after she held an apparent machete to a reporter’s neck on Tuesday, an official told… Read More
Public Education
Michigan school district bans backpacks after 3rd grader brings loaded handgun to schoolAnother school district in Michigan is instituting a no-backpack policy after school officials confiscated a loaded handgun from an elementary school student on Wednesday.Grand Rapids Public Schools says… Read More
Public Education
Youngkin announces funding for school safety(The Center Square) – Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has announced a grant program to improve student safety by beefing up security infrastructures in schools of higher needs.The Stronger… Read More