The article focuses on the escalation of school shootings and the worsening severity of mass shootings at K-12 school sites in the U.S. over the past 25 years, emphasizing the role of pediatricians in addressing firearm injuries through counseling and advocacy for policy changes.Harris,...
School shootings in the U.S. Mass shootings in the United States have become a disturbingly common occurrence, and sadly, so have school shootings. The Columbine school shooting is perhaps the most famous in the country’s history, and since 1999 (when the shooting occurred), the number of ...
US school shootings rose to their highest number in 20 years between 2020 and 2021, according to a new report. The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report on safety in schools, released Tuesday, found that there were 93 school shootings at public and private schools nationwide. ...
An ambulance drives next to law enforcement vehicles, near the scene of a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, US, on September 4, 2024. Four people were killed and nine wounded in a campus shooting at...
School Shootings by State More Tom Williams|CQ-Roll Call, Inc|Getty Images Demonstrators hold signs during a rally with senators outside the U.S. Capitol to demand the Senate take action on gun safety on Thursday, May 26, 2022, in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Texas...
Explore school shooting statistics. Discover the connection between bullying and school shootings, and learn how to help prevent bullying and...
There have been dozens of shootings and other attacks inU.S. schools and collegesover the years. Overall, the number ofactive shooter incidentsin the U.S. rose by 52.5% from 2020 to 2021, and over four years, from 2017 to 2021, there was a 96.8% increase, the FBI said in a report...
Selina E. M. Kerr: Gun Violence Prevention? The Politics Behind Policy Responses to School Shootings in the United StatesJournal of Youth and Adolescence -doi:10.1007/s10964-020-01338-3Kristen R. KinastSpringer USJournal of Youth and Adolescence...
In the first year of the pandemic, when schools were closed, there was a major decline in gun violence incidents on school grounds. Since then, recent years saw a stark increase in school shootings, with 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 all setting records since at least 2008. There were at le...
The teen accused in Georgia’s high school shooting enrolled 2 weeks late and was often absent September 14, 2024 Church services help Georgia residents mourn victims of school shootings September 9, 2024 Grief, pain, hope and faith at church services following latest deadly school shooting...