The way schools choose to redesign themselves to protect students from shootings will determine how schools look, and how well students can learn in them, for decades to come.
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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Holding the Pain
Amye Archer explores her own relationship with the shooting at Sandy Hook as she works with survivors to tell their stories.
Posted inReading List
Never Again: A Reading List About School Shooting Survivors
Jacqueline Alnes shares her own school shooting story, along with five stories on how events like Columbine, Newtown, Sandy Hook, and Parkland have impacted individuals, families, and communities.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes
For Each Survivor of a Mass Shooting, a Different (Slow) Road to Recovery
Can anyone truly fully recover from witnessing — and losing loved ones — in a school shooting?
Posted inEditor's Pick
Chardon, Ohio
Six years after a mass shooting at the local High School, Libby Copeland visits with survivors and observes various ways they live and cope with lasting trauma.
Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes
Sometimes a Coat Is Just a Coat, and Sometimes It Ruins a Kid’s Life
Sixteen-year-old Sanders, an autistic high school student, was put through an extensive “threat assessment” (aka, “We think you might be the next school shooter”).