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Direct linkCarroll, Catherine A.; Hurst, Marianne D. – Education Week, 2004
This article reports how fake firearms have become a growing problem for schools. These sophisticated look-alikes have caused a spate of incidents involving students at campuses and school-sponsored events. In Utah, two students were suspended from the Uintah High School pending an investigation after they were caught with look-alike pistols at a…
Descriptors: School Safety, Imitation, Violence, Weapons
Jacobson, Linda; Bowman, Darcia Harris – Education Week, 2004
A flu outbreak at Madison Junior High School in Ohio prompted school officials to close the building for two days. At Webber Junior High School in Fort Collins, Colorado, where absenteeism recently hit 20 percent for two bad weeks, educators were forced to slow the pace of schoolwork so sick students did not fall behind. This article reports on…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Attendance, Crisis Management, Child Health
Hurst, Marianne D. – Education Week, 2004
A few weeks before the fifth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, Principal Frank DeAngelis reflects on how his school has changed over the past five years. Much like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, "Columbine" carries a chilling meaning that resonates across the…
Descriptors: Terrorism, High Schools, Educational Environment, Teaching Conditions
