Tag: Parkland
Hundreds of teachers are preparing for ‘Train a Teacher Day,’ where they’ll learn how to shoot guns
Nearly 300 gun shops around the US will offer free firearm training courses for teachers and promote campus carry policies.
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office lost its law enforcement accreditation over poor handling of the Parkland shooting
A state panel voted to strip the Broward County Sheriff's Office of its accreditation, citing mishandling of the Parkland shooting and the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shooting.
Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg says he’s faced 7 assassination attempts in the past year
After surviving the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018, David Hogg became an outspoken activist for gun reform.
A Texas prosecutor charged 216 high-school students with making school threats in just 3 months, fearing another Parkland shooting
Harris County's chief juvenile prosecutor said many of the students' charges were reduced or dropped after prosecutors looked into the cases.
Harvard has rescinded admission to Parkland shooting survivor Kyle Kashuv over racist comments he made 2 years ago
In a Twitter thread on Monday, Kyle Kashuv said that his Harvard class of 2023 admission had been rescinded by the university.
The therapy dogs who helped survivors of the Parkland shooting got their own page in the school’s yearbook
This year, a page in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School's yearbook is dedicated to the therapy dog's that helped students after school shooting.
How Columbine changed American schools forever
In the wake of the 1999 Columbine massacre, American schools have transformed their response to a phenomenon now known as an "active shooting."
10 strategies proposed to stop shootings in America, and how likely they are to work
Shootings in the US have become a daily occurrence, and politicians and researchers all seem to have different solutions to stop them. Which can work?
A teenager who survived the Parkland shooting has died by suicide
Sydney Aiello's mother said Sydney struggled with survivors guilt and had been diagnosed with PTSD following the Parkland shooting.
Here’s what’s changed on gun control since last year’s deadly Parkland shooting — and what hasn’t
One year after a deadly massacre left 17 students and staff members dead in Parkland, Florida, the debate over gun control in America rages on.