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school shootings

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Police in Denver schools will not reduce violence

by Bailey Polonsky 1:30 AM MDT on Jul 6, 20234:35 PM MDT on Jul 5, 2023

It’s a reactive, fearful — and classically American — reflex to throw guns at every problem.

a police officer standing in front of a group of people.
Posted inNews

Denver East High School dean says student who wounded him in shooting had been seen with gun before

Associated Press logo by The Associated Press 5:17 PM MDT on May 9, 20236:12 PM MDT on May 9, 2023

In the weeks before the March 22 shooting, another student reported seeing Austin Lyle with a gun on campus

Posted inPolitics and Government

Falsely reporting an active shooter is on track to become a felony offense in Colorado

by Elliott Wenzler 3:40 AM MDT on Apr 18, 20237:46 AM MDT on Apr 18, 2023

Senate Bill 249 comes in response to an increase in fake active shooter reports with about 40 so far in Colorado this year

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: We won’t end youth violence until we deal with the traumas that precede it

by Lisa Forbes 1:30 AM MDT on Apr 16, 202311:17 PM MDT on Apr 11, 2023

We need public policies that prioritize trauma recognition and resolution – before it explodes into a crime or implodes into suicide.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Tennessee GOP shows one way to respond to school shootings — by kicking out the protesters

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Apr 9, 20231:39 PM MDT on Apr 7, 2023

Two Black Tennessee state representatives were expelled for not being sufficiently decorous while leading a protest for gun safety

Posted inOpinion Columns

Opinion: Crisis in schools has become dangerously normalized

by Matthew Fulford 1:30 AM MDT on Apr 6, 20239:04 PM MDT on Apr 5, 2023

Once again, traumatized educators are expected to heal traumatized children and rebuild a sense of stability and safety. We are exhausted.

A police officer looks through the window of a door inside a school hallway
Posted inEducation

Do school-based police officers make high schools safer? It depends on how you measure.

by Christopher Broderick 3:10 AM MDT on Apr 5, 20239:32 AM MDT on Apr 5, 2023

School violence has increased dramatically in recent years, but researchers aren’t clear on the difference police officers in classrooms make.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: Another school shooting, 3 kids and 3 adults killed by AR-15 gunfire, and a ban needs a closer look

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Mar 29, 20231:51 PM MDT on Mar 28, 2023

A Washington Post series on AR-15s arrives on the day of the Nashville shooting. It should be required reading for Colorado lawmakers.

Posted inOpinion Columns

Littwin: East High shootings leave people desperate for answers. Even wrong answers.

by Mike Littwin 3:05 AM MDT on Mar 26, 20234:42 PM MDT on Mar 24, 2023

Columnist Mike Littwin writes that the East High shootings have left people desperate for answers — even wrong answers.

Posted inEducation

How 5 Colorado teachers are feeling about school safety and what they want done to make their classrooms safer

by Elliott Wenzler 2:04 PM MDT on Mar 24, 20232:21 PM MDT on Mar 24, 2023

The Colorado Sun interviewed educators who were protesting at the state Capitol on Friday in the wake of a shooting at East High School in Denver

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