Sentences with phrase «arming trained teachers»

WAMC's political observer Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's calls for arming trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shootings, comments by the National Rifle Association's Wayne LaPierre and new unsealed charges against President Trump's former campaign chair Paul Manafort.

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The president also said he wanted to allow teachers and other staff members to be armed and trained to confront shooters.

Included in the proposals is a contentious, $ 67 million voluntary program to arm school staff, including teachers, trained by law enforcement to carry concealed weapons on campus.

The president's comments about the deputy come as he's promoted the idea of training and arming teachers to defend against shooters, a controversial proposal to which prominent Democrats and Republicans have voiced opposition.

Last month, Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) signed a gun control bill that included a provision to arm some trained school employees — but not full - time teachers.

Thank you, President Donald Trump, for your suggestion that teachers should be trained to carry firearms in order to stop gun violence against our students («The absurdity of arming teachers,» Feb. 25).

Arm those sissy kids... and never forget that trained assassins make the best kindergarten teachers.

Cuomo trained his crosshairs on seven New York Republican House members over the gun issue as Trump rolled out a school - safety plan long on NRA ideas like arming teachers and short on Democratic - backed proposals like universal background checks.

The president also intensified his calls for arming highly trained teachers as part of an effort to fortify schools against shooting massacres like the one that occurred in Parkland, even as he denounced active shooter drills that try to prepare students to survive a rampage.

Trump has said he wants to arm teachers and train them to use guns following the Florida shooting.

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by a gunman armed with an AR - 15 style assault rifle has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.

It will focus on four main areas: security of buildings themselves; training for teachers and students; creating better communication regarding mental health assessments and other issues, like arming teachers.

The bill takes aim at suggestions that teachers and administrators should be trained and armed on school grounds to prevent gun violence.

He also said he «isn't opposed» to the idea of arming a school teacher as long as they're properly trained and licensed.

A few days later, Trump tweeted that arming teachers would be up to the states, and that armed educators (and trusted people who work within a school) must be firearms adept and have annual training.

Maybe as we train new biology teachers — make sure that we give them what they really need to know — new teachers can arm themselves with the evidence that's out there.

Policymakers have weighed arming teachers at school and training them to shoot back in case of emergency in the aftermath of school shootings like at Sandy Hook and now, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Even before President Donald Trump proposed training and arming teachers in response to a mass shooting at a Parkland, Fla., high school, some teachers there said they wouldn't want to carry a weapon in their classrooms.

Arts Group Launches Teacher Web Site Arts Integration Solutions, the education services arm of the Opening Minds through the Arts Foundation (OMA), has launched an interactive arts integration training and resources Web site for teachers, artists and school teams.

Given that he is now proposing to arm teachers, I must ask: why isn't there enough money to train teachers to teach, when there's suddenly enough to train them to be sharpshooters?

When I did my teacher training, forty years ago, I was armed with Piaget, Bruner, Dewey, and other theories of learning.

They approached 10 college presidents looking for a partner institution, Atkins said, and Hunter's David Steiner, himself a critic of teacher training, «was waiting for us with open arms.»

Thankfully, some passionate and eloquent teachers spoke out against the idea of arming teachers, reminding the public that their job — the one they were trained to do — is not about enforcement.

Advocates of teacher - training programs say one reason for the relatively high dropout rate is the traditional teacher education, which they say relies too heavily on classroom theory instead of arming newcomers with practical tactics to cope with a packed classroom of students with divergent abilities, language barriers or difficulty sitting still for 30 minutes.

The National College for Teaching and Leadership, an arm of the Department for Education, today wrote to initial teacher training providers to tell them of the unexpected change.

Troops to Teachers is the government's school - based training route for people leaving the armed forces.

A controversial idea of arming Florida teachers is one that Lopez is not for or against, but he questions the level and frequency of training they might receive to respond to an active shooter.

He sponsored this legislation and many state senators voted to arm teachers, custodians, and lunch ladies because it is cheaper than providing enough increased state funding so that schools can hire trained professionals to support safe and healthy learning environments for our children.

Teachers don't need training on how to confront their former students or to leave students shaking in fear as they hunt down armed intruders in their schools.

You need to just train teachers in awarness than having guards (especially armed ones.

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Gov. Rick Scott is opposed to a controversial measure that would train and arm teachers, though the version that passed on Monday put limitations on the program.

Teacher Ashley Kurth, responding to President Trump's suggestion earlier in the day of arming teachers, asked Rubio if she should get extra training and be issued a Kevlar vest.

Rather than arming teachers, she said she would rather see money spent to reinforce school buildings with bulletproof windows and doors, to free up guidance counselors from testing duties and to hire more trained and armed school resource officers to guard campuses.

After the latest mass shooting, at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., last month, President Trump amplified calls to train and arm educators, roiling the teaching profession and infuriating gun control advocates who see yet another inappropriate — and potentially disastrous — duty being heaped on teachers.

Since the February massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, the president of the United States has proposed arming teachers and paying them «a little bit of a bonus» for firearms training.

Following the shooting, Trump called for teachers to be armed and trained, a suggestion rejected by many educators.

The Valentine's Day shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School has reignited national debate over gun laws and school safety, including proposals by President Donald Trump and others to designate more people — including trained teachers — to carry arms on school grounds.

Current service members, current or former law enforcement officers and teachers in a Junior Reserve Officers» Training Corp program could also be armed.

In a speech before a conservative PAC on Thursday morning, NRA chief executive Wayne LaPierre reiterated his pitch for armed guards at schools and free firearms training of teachers.

FE teachers may also work in the prison service, the armed forces education branch or in company training departments.

Our UK - wide Schools Campaign aims to ensure that teachers are able to recognise when a child is suffering from attachment disorder, and arms them with practical strategies, and access to training and support.