Sentences with phrase «of armed teachers»

They came up with 22 assumptions that people, including public officials, make to support the potential effectiveness of armed teachers.

She hedged on the role of armed teachers in school with a meaningless anecdote about one of her own teachers.

«The removal of this component, combined with the possibility of armed teachers in our schools, sets the stage for transforming our schools into prisons,» the NAACP said.

As Parkland gun control activists and their surrogates mock the idea of arming teachers, march for gun bans in D.C., and call for new gun controls via Twitter, they risk driving Americans toward the Second Amendment instead of away from it.

Trump offered some solutions, calling for more mental institutions and hospitals in addition to the idea of arming teachers.

Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump, after listening to a series of emotional stories and pleas to enhance school safety at the White House Wednesday, floated the idea of arming teachers and school staff, an idea that was met with support from many of the attendees.

The Trump administration has left the issue of arming teachers up to states and local communities

-- A Georgia high school teacher brought a gun to school and fired a shot, testing Trump's theory on the safety of arming teachers.

The idea of arming teachers gained momentum after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in February.

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).

First Daughter Ivanka Trump says she doesn't know if her father's proposal of arming teachers with firearms would protect students from gun violence.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo mocked the idea of arming teachers in schools on Thursday, calling the proposal raised by President Donald Trump and others as «bizarre» and «ludicrous.»

Gov. Rick Scott also has come out strongly against the idea of arming teachers.

Gov. Rick Scott has been a vocal opponent of arming teachers.

Trump first floated the idea of arming teachers and school officials after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last month — an idea that was met with immediate criticism.

The president of New York State United Teachers, Andy Pallotta, says he's heard from his members in the days since the Florida school shooting, and many have expressed alarm about the idea of arming teachers.

Bronx DA Darcel Clark and City Councilman Donovan Richards discuss President Trump's idea of arming teachers in schools.

The president of New York State United Teachers, Andy Pallotta, says he's heard from teachers in the days since the Florida school shooting, and many have expressed alarm about the idea of arming teachers.

Newly - released numbers from Siena Research Institute suggest a wide majority of New York State residents support Gov. Andrew Cuomo's gun control legislation known as the SAFE Act and oppose the idea of arming teachers.

The gap was wider on the question of arming teachers.

Although the concept of arming teachers has received more attention than other proposals, a plurality of the bills reviewed by Education Week would encourage or require school emergency planning: more drills, more types of drills, and more detailed and dynamic plans.

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.

Alabama House Speaker Mac McCutcheon said the issue of arming teachers will be revisited by the House during the next...

The idea of arming some teachers has been controversial and has drawn sharp opposition from the National Education Association, the country's largest teachers lobby, among other groups.

During an interview with Sun Sentinel editorial board editor Rosemary O'Hara Parkland shooting survivors David Hogg and Sari Kaufman express opposition to the idea of arming teachers.

The proclamation slammed the idea of arming teachers — a topic heavily debated this week in the Legislature.

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.

During an interview with the president of the Broward Teachers Union, Anna Fusco, speaks out against the idea of arming teachers in the classroom.

His views reflected many of those who testified before the committee, saying they wanted a ban on assault rifles that the committee rejected, and that they opposed the idea of arming teachers.

Trump has also voiced support for increased school security, including the possibility of arming some teachers.

In the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, which occurred about 275 miles south of Crystal River Middle School, where Volitich teaches, she has defended the NRA, expressed support for the idea of arming teachers, including herself, to protect students and has joined in on the attacks on the shooting survivors who have called for gun control.

Florida high schoolers responding to the survey were more likely than high schoolers across the nation to favor stricter gun laws — and less enthusiastic about the idea of arming teachers.

As public and political debate swirls around the possibility of arming teachers, Broward County educators visited the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Thursday to voice their opposition to such a plan.

Fusco and two other Broward County teachers met with Sun Sentinel Opinion Editor Rosemary O'Hara to explore the pros and cons of arming teachers and enhancing school safety.

Deutch said the debate over gun violence is «in a ridiculous place,» exemplified, he said, by the idea of arming teachers.

This talk of arming teachers strikes me as cavalier leaping toward insane, an answer to mass shootings that expands, rather than diminishes, the presence of guns in American life, thereby increasing the risk of injury or death.

Donnelly said that while the Broward Workshop didn't include the issue of arming some teachers in its recent «position» paper on school safety, his personal opinion is that arming teachers is «a bad idea.»

Haab said he wanted to address the issue of arming teachers as a way to prevent and deter school shootings.

(CNN)- Florida school shooting survivor Alfonso Calderon said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's suggestion of arming teachers and school staff with weapons to enhance school safety was a «terrible idea.»

President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his idea of arming some teachers as a deterrent for school shootings and praised the top leadership of the National Rifle Association as «Great American Patriots.»

-- President pushes arming teachers: President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his idea of arming some teachers as a deterrent for school shootings and praised the top leadership of the National Rifle Association as «Great American Patriots.»

In morning tweets and later at the White House, Trump claimed the strategy of arming teachers would be far less costly than hiring guards.

The idea of arming teachers has received a mixed reception among Americans.

First, the poll of 1,001 respondents shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject the notion of arming teachers and principals.

Not exact matches

In the wake of the mass shooting last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, we have heard a familiar refrain from those steadfastly opposing any kind of gun reform: To stop armed students, put armed guards — or teachers «adept at firearms,» as President Trump proposed — in schools.

Among their ranks are MP Erin O'Toole (captain, Canadian Armed Forces), Jim Leech, CEO of the Ontario Teachers» Pension Plan (RMC graduate), Tim Hodgson, former CEO of Goldman Sachs Canada (reserve officer, Canadian Armed Forces), and Larry Stevenson, former CEO of Chapters (captain, Canadian Airborne Regiment).

After graduating from the first Imagine K12 incubator class in 2011, Class Dojo co-founders Sam Chaudhary and Liam Don were armed with a background in education, seed capital, and interviews with thousands of teachers about the biggest time - suck they faced at school — behavior management.

The cost of all those civil servants, politicians, teachers, firefighters, police officers and armed forces explains much of the overspending and indebtedness of the government sector, in the authors» view.

She cut spending in the budgets to below the levels of inflation plus population, strong - armed teachers and doctors into taking wage freezes.

Jesse Randal Davidson, a popular teacher at Dalton high school, is accused of firing shots in class, prompting debate on arming educators