School shootings often grab headlines and spark fear. Many think they are a special kind of violence. The idea is that angry, suburban white boys target their classmates without reason. But is this really true? Recent studies suggest school shootings might not be so different from other gun violence in communities. To test this, researchers looked at 752 nonfatal sc...
Flavor Flav, a well-known rapper and co-founder of Public Enemy, is speaking out about the urgent need for gun control in the United States. He believes that the country is facing an epidemic of gun violence that must be addressed. Flav has seen firsthand the devastating effects of gun violence, having spent time in prison due to gun-related incidents. In a recent i...
A 17-year-old student did something horrible at a Wisconsin school. She used a gun to kill two people—a teacher and a classmate—before taking her own life. Several other students got hurt. The school is called Abundant Life Christian School, and it's in Madison, Wisconsin. This happened on a Monday. You might be wondering, do girls do this kind of thing more often n...
Kids should feel safe at school, right? Unfortunately, many students worry about their safety due to increasing violence and mental health issues. A new law called the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act aims to change that. Passed after the Uvalde school shooting, this law wants to reduce violence and keep students safe. The law has two main parts. First, it wants sch...
Imagine being a child in school, surrounded by your friends and teachers, when suddenly the world around you turns into a living nightmare. Gunshots ring out, screams fill the air, and chaos erupts. This is the reality for millions of American children who have been exposed to shootings, including over 1300 that have occurred on school grounds in the past decade alon...
A 14-year-old boy tragically took the lives of two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia. This event, just another in a long line of school shootings, begs the question: how many more tragedies must occur before we truly address this issue? The US Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, expressed his condolences, stating that "we still have ...
A new panic button system at Apalachee High School in Georgia is being hailed as a lifesaver after a shooting that left four dead and nine injured. The system, which alerts authorities and sends their location, was credited with helping police apprehend the suspect within six minutes. But does this technology truly address the root causes of school shootings? Here's ...