In a Tweet that summarizes the opinion of some U.S. citizens in the wake of the shooting in Parkland, President Trump stated, “So many signs that the Florida shooter was mentally disturbed, even expelled from school for bad and erratic behavior. Neighbors and classmates knew he was a big problem. Must always report such instances
The National Student Walkout on March 14 and the Walkout on April 20, commemorating the Columbine shooting, were designed to raise awareness for gun violence experienced by United States youth. The March For Our Lives protests brought together a coalition of voices ranging from students in suburban/rural schools, who fear being the next victims of
In July of 1999, students affected by the Columbine shooting and students from inner-city Denver who faced gun violence not associated with school shootings went to Washington D.C. to lobby for stricter gun laws as a part of Sane Alternatives to the Firearms Epidemic (SAFE). While SAFE managed to get the “gun show loophole”
In the wake of the rampage shooting of seventeen students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida this past February, both houses of the Florida legislature passed bipartisan legislation that raised the minimum age to purchase a gun to twenty-one and instituted a three-day waiting period for purchasing firearms. In addition to these
In response to recent rampage school shootings, the AJE Forum Editorial Board wished to engage in conversation regarding the impact these crimes have upon policy, curriculum, and pedagogy in K-12 education. In the coming weeks, the AJE Forum will post three essays exploring rampage school shootings from different perspectives. This week, Samantha Deane and I
In a 2016 welcome letter, the University of Chicago notified the class of 2020 that “trigger warnings” and intellectual “safe spaces” conflict with the University’s commitment to academic freedom, free speech, civility, and mutual respect (Schaper 2016). The University of Chicago’s letter and others like it have jump-started conversations about the intellectual and ethical merit
