Preliminary investigation indicated that the student and teacher were in the parking lot preparing for a school event when someone opened fire on them.
A video that captured a high school fight in November showed a gun sliding across the floor. So far, 26 guns have been found at Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools this year, records show.
Preparing students for constructive, committed, informed engagement in our democracy is the most important moral imperative facing school administrators today.
Rather than aiming to teach to the middle, we should build engagement by first building relationships with students and helping them find a sense of purpose.
The fact that educators around the world know the story of a small Wisconsin school system of 825 students speaks to the power of communication. Or rather, the power of Joe Sanfelippo's deep commitment to telling his district's story.
Administrators now have to convince students and their families that this next phase of virtual learning is not the same as what occurred earlier in the pandemic.
Extended learning, tutoring and small-group instruction lead the way as schools work to accelerate—rather than remediate—to ward off COVID-era learning loss.
The COVID shift to remote instruction—when parents became their children's second teachers—has made families more discerning about how students learn best.
