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Byline: Mike Kennedy One student was seriously wounded and another student is in custody after a shooting Friday morning at a high school in West Liberty, Ohio. WDTN-TV reports that [...]

Byline: Mike Kennedy A student armed with a knife at a Reno, Nev., high school was shot and critically wounded by a school district police officer Wednesday. The Reno Gazette-Journal [...]

Byline: Mike Kennedy Three students have been injured in a shooting at Madison Junior/SeniorHigh School in Madison, Ohio. Authorities say the injuries are not life-threatening, and a suspect is in [...]

Byline: Mike Kennedy Four students have been injured in a shooting at Madison Junior/SeniorHigh School in Madison, Ohio. The Butler County Sheriff's office says two students were wounded by gunfire [...]

Byline: Mike Kennedy Two 15-year-old female studentswere shot to death Friday morning at Independence High School in Glendale, Ariz. Each girl was shot once, and the gun used was found [...]

Byline: Kimberlee Payton-Jones My husband and I were discussing whether or not we thought the grand jury would indict Officer Darren Wilson and pursue charges against him for his role [...]

Byline: Mike Kennedy Two students have been seriously wounded after a shooter opened fire at a middle school in Roswell, N.M. The Albuquerque Journal reports that a male student opened [...]

Campuses should make concerted, immediate efforts to combat violence on campus, say experts at the American College Health Association (ACHA). 'Campus violence can seriously affect student learning and their mental [...]

The issue of support for staff and pupils at schools where a pupil has been a victim of a stabbing is discussed in the wake of the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old boy at a Lincolnshire school. The example of a Suffolk school where a similar incident occurred is given. The local authority provided counseling for pupils and staff, while community police officers pay regular visits to the school.

The death of a 14-year-old schoolboy in Lincolnshire will have a profound effect on teachers as well as pupils. Many teachers will feel guilty that they could have done more, yet powerless to prevent such an incident. It is also easy to forget that teachers can also be the victims of violence in schools.

The attack on Douglas Taylor, the music teacher at Marland Fold special school in Oldham, UK, by a 15-year-old pupil ruined his teaching career and costed him his life as a musician. He received 88,500 pounds sterling as compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. He feels that teachers should have more authority to control children, physically if necessary, and that student's problems should be resolved long before they became uncontrollable.