School Shootings

Education news, analysis, and opinion about gun violence at schools and during school events

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School Shootings This Year: How Many and Where
Education Week is tracking K-12 school shootings in 2026 with injuries or deaths. See the number of incidents and where they occurred.
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Responding to School Shootings Has Become Routine. It's Anything But
We can’t allow ourselves to become numb to the horror of increasingly common gun violence, urges one school leader.
Ann V. Klotz, June 1, 2022
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School Climate & Safety Opinion America's Obsessed With Guns and Violence. And Schools Are the Target
We don't just have a gun problem in this country. We have a violence problem.
Peter DeWitt, June 1, 2022
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7 min read
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School Climate & Safety Opinion What Might Prevent Yet Another Tragedy Like Uvalde?
Many proposed policies have downsides, as well as political opposition, but there is one that could help.
Rick Hess, May 31, 2022
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4 min read
People view the Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 21, 2021. A Supreme Court case being argued this week amid March Madness could erode the difference between elite college athletes and professional sports stars.
People view the U.S. Supreme Court building from behind security fencing on Capitol Hill.
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Law & Courts As Nation Reels From School Shooting, Supreme Court to Rule on Wider Right to Carry Guns
The justices are weighing a major Second Amendment case in which they heard from groups reminding them of the tally of mass school attacks.
Mark Walsh, May 29, 2022
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A woman kneels as she pays her respects in front of crosses with the names of children killed outside of Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on May 26, 2022. Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed the Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.
A woman kneels in front of crosses with the names of children killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Despite the outrage and anguish over the killings of 19 children and 2 teachers by a gunman armed with an AR-15-style rifle, there's deep skepticism that state or federal lawmakers will enact new restrictions on guns.
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School Climate & Safety 'We Beg You. Do Something': Principals Who Lived Through Shootings Plead for Action
"We are members of a club that no one wants to join."
Lesli A. Maxwell, May 27, 2022
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Student Well-Being & Movement What the Research Says Gun Violence Leaves a Lasting Imprint on Survivors. How Schools Can Help Students Recover
Most trauma support for students comes in the first year after a school shooting, but research suggests the effects last much longer.
Sarah D. Sparks, May 26, 2022
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3 min read
Kladys Castellón prays during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
Kladys Castellón prays during a vigil for the victims of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
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School Climate & Safety How Much Trauma Can Our Schools Withstand?
Despite a cascade of tragedy, educators report to work and care for our children. How do they get through it?
Catherine Gewertz, May 26, 2022
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5 min read
Three and 4-year-old students in Kim Manning's early childhood education class at Traylor Academy in Denver, Colo., listen to a discussion about school safety on Wednesday, May 25, 2022, after the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Three and 4-year-olds in in an early-childhood class at Traylor Academy in Denver listen to a discussion about school safety after the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
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School Climate & Safety 'This Could Be Our School': Educators Grapple With Anger and Loss After Uvalde Shooting
While some students seemed blissfully unaware of the Texas school shooting, some educators worried about their safety.
Madeline Will, Eesha Pendharkar, Libby Stanford & Denisa R. Superville, May 25, 2022
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Two Texas Troopers light a candle at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday. Desperation turned to heart-wrenching sorrow for families of grade schoolers killed after an 18-year-old gunman barricaded himself in their Texas classroom and began shooting, killing several fourth-graders and their teachers.
Two Texas Troopers light a candle at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a day after 19 children and two teachers were killed by a gunman in their school.
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School Climate & Safety After Texas School Shooting, a Familiar Fight About How to Make Schools Safe
Lawmakers, advocates, and the public once again debate how to make "never again" a reality.
Evie Blad, May 25, 2022
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7 min read
Fourth grade co-teachers Irma Garcia, left, and Eva Mireles.
Fourth grade co-teachers Irma Garcia, left, and Eva Mireles, were killed in the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, alongside 19 children.
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Teaching Profession Teachers in Texas Shooting Died Trying to Shield Students, Their Families Say
Eva Mireles and Irma Garcia, both veteran teachers, co-taught a 4th grade class at their Uvalde, Texas, elementary school.
Madeline Will, May 25, 2022
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The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families outside the Civic Center following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo Garcia-Siller, comforts families following a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022.
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School Climate & Safety Opinion A Devastated Teacher's Plea for Gun Reform
I spent my whole teaching career preparing for a school shooting. I don’t want my newborn son to start school with the same threat.
Mary M. McConnaha, May 25, 2022
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4 min read
Police walk near Robb Elementary School following a shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
Police on the scene near Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, following a mass shooting that killed at least 19 students and two teachers.
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School Climate & Safety At Least 19 Children, 2 Teachers Killed in Texas Elementary School Shooting
It's the worst school shooting in Texas history and the deadliest in the U.S. since 2012.
Libby Stanford & Evie Blad, May 24, 2022
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5 min read
A rifle hangs on display in the window of the West Endicott & Susquehanna Arms Co., Monday, May 16, 2022, where the Buffalo shooting suspect purchased fire arms in Endicott, N.Y.
A rifle hangs on display in the window of an Endicott, N.Y., gun shop where the Buffalo shooting suspect purchased firearms.
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School Climate & Safety Responding to Student Threats: Schools Wrestle With How to Prevent Violence
The deadly shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, N.Y., spotlight the complexity of flagging and responding to potential warning signs.
Evie Blad, May 18, 2022
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11 min read
Law enforcement respond to a shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, S.C., Thursday March 31, 2022. A student was shot and taken to the hospital Thursday at the South Carolina middle school, authorities said. The shooter, a minor, was taken into custody near Tanglewood Middle School not long after the shooting, Greenville County Sheriff’s Lt. Ryan Flood said in a statement. An initial statement issued by police indicated he was a student at the school.
Law enforcement officers respond to a March 31 fatal shooting at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, S.C.
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School Climate & Safety 12-Year-Old Boy Is Youngest Victim of a Fatal Shooting Inside a School in Recent Years
The boy died after being shot at Tanglewood Middle School in Greenville, S.C., on March 31.
Evie Blad, April 1, 2022
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1 min read
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