From arming teachers to restorative justice, keeping schools safer becomes focus
After a student was shot at Cummings Elementary School, family pickup students on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021 at Metropolitan Baptist Church. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
Gov. Bill Lee said he’s open to arming teachers, despite evidence that when teachers have guns, the risk of gun violence increases. Restorative justice can’t stop violence on its own, but evidence shows it improves students’ grades and behavior.
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Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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