A gunman entered a south St. Louis high school on Monday with a “long gun” and multiple high-capacity magazines, shooting a teenage girl and a health teacher to death and injuring several others before police shot and killed him, authorities said.

Less than 10% of Republicans support transgender and gay rights being taught in elementary schools, whereas nearly 50% of Democrats support it.

How to keep teachers in the profession is clear, yet those in power outside of the classroom are dictating educators' decisions.

The position was created following the deadly school shooting that took the lives of 19 students and two teachers.