There is a deep need for more teachers of color, as studies show that students learn better from people who look like them, and more programs to get veteran teachers helping new teachers are also important.
In 2009, James Earl Dunn Jr. was sentenced to 33 months in prison for defrauding the Department of Education. He is now a registered provider for the Texas Education Agency, a government organization, in the area of school board training.
The Ohio School Safety Center's Armed School Staff Essential Training curriculum includes 24 hours of initial training and eight hours of annual recertification training, the maximum number of hours permitted by law, according to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office.
Based on an analysis of Army data, The Times discovered at schools where at least 75% of freshmen attended JROTC classes, more than 80% of the schools had student populations with mostly Black or Latino kids.
School leaders have said they don't tolerate racism and that they regularly train teachers how to deal with bullying. But parents say inaction by officials tells a different story.
If approved, "highly qualified" employees in Keller would need to get approval from the superintendent and trustees, hold a license and undergo training. Choosing to carry a gun would be voluntary.
The agreement with the U.S. Department of Education comes almost exactly four years after Max Benson died after an three employees at an El Dorado County nonpublic school placed him in a face-down prone restraint for nearly two hours.
In the class, students had to wear military uniforms and obey orders from an instructor who was often yelling, one student said said, but when several of them pleaded to be allowed to drop the class, school administrators refused.
