April 12, 2023 Virginia criminal probe centers on 'actions or omissions' of school employees after teacher shot by 6-year-old Prosecutors are weighing whether employees at Richneck Elementary School should face criminal charges after teacher Abby Zwerner was shot by a 6-year-old student.
April 12, 2023 School committee spurns superintendent over 'ladies' email, opts for new candidate despite public outcry The Easthampton School Committee voted 5-2 against continuing superintendent candidate negotiations with Dr. Vito Perrone, who addressed two females as "ladies."
April 10, 2023 School district to hear from public after superintendent candidate lost job for greeting 2 females as 'ladies' Easthampton School Committee to host a public meeting after superintendent candidate Vito Perrone lost job offer for using term "ladies" in an email that was deemed a "microaggression."
March 29, 2023 Elementary school student in Illinois brings ammunition to school, prompts lockdown An elementary school student at Visitation Catholic School in Elmhurst, Illinois, brought three rounds of ammunition to school, prompting a lockdown and police investigation.
March 29, 2023 Former Covenant church pastor calls for love, forgiveness after reporter asks about gun control in wake of Nashville shooting The former pastor of the church associated with the school where a mass shooting took place on Monday did not advocate for more gun laws but instead said society needed to love and to learn how to disagree.
March 24, 2023 Schools must stop paddling, spanking students, Biden education secretary says U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona issued a letter Friday to education officials nationwide encouraging them to end corporal punishment in schools.
March 23, 2023 Teacher goes viral for sharing her 3rd graders' hilarious 'tattle form' responses: 'Making fart noises' A third-grade teacher in the Washington D.C. area has gone viral on TikTok after sharing funny "tattle forms" submitted by her students via her classroom's "Tattle Box."
March 21, 2023 Virginia teacher shot by 6-year-old student in classroom says she'll 'never forget the look on his face' Abigail Zwerner, a Virginia teacher shot by a 6-year-old student in her classroom at Richneck Elementary School, said she will never forget the look on the boy's face.
March 16, 2023 Chicago Public Schools sued by parents of special needs students claiming teacher abused students Eight parents of special needs children are suing the Chicago Public School system, claiming that a teacher physically abused their young children by hitting them with wooden rulers
March 15, 2023 Illinois woman charged with trying to suffocate 6-year-old with pillow because he was crying A 58-year-old woman in Illinois faces a felony charge after she attempted to suffocate a 6-year-old boy with a pillow because he was crying, police said.
