A national student walkout to protest gun violence is scheduled for tomorrow, and more than seven in ten Americans support the students’ right to do so. 72% of residents nationally think students who participate in the National School Walkout should not face disciplinary action by their schools. 22% of Americans […] Read more »
Naples, Florida, Metro Tops U.S. in Well-Being for Third Time
For the third straight year, the Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, Florida, metro area has the highest well-being across 186 U.S. communities, based on data collected in 2016 and 2017 as part of the Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index. Barnstable Town, Massachusetts; Boulder, Colorado; Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California; and Charlottesville, Virginia, round out the top five […] Read more »
The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases
Are you racist? It’s a question that makes most of us uncomfortable and defensive. … This week on Hidden Brain, we examine research about prejudices so deeply buried, we often doubt their existence. We’ll begin with a focus on police shootings of unarmed black men. Later in the show, we look […] Read more »
Most teenagers and adults think arming teachers is dangerous, favor minimum age for buying assault rifles
In the wake of the mass shooting in Parkland, Fla., the activism of the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School and elsewhere has drawn national notice. Although federal action on gun control is uncertain, the Florida state legislature on Wednesday passed a bill to impose a three-day waiting period […] Read more »
Majority of Americans disagree with Trump’s proposal to arm teachers
A majority of Americans disagree with President Donald Trump’s proposal to arm teachers, according to results from a new NBC News|SurveyMonkey poll. Trump, in the aftermath of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, last month, has said that arming some of America’s teachers with […] Read more »
We polled NC teachers about guns at school. Here’s what they had to say.
Most North Carolina educators think it’s a bad idea to let teachers carry guns in the classroom, and they say arming teachers would make schools less safe and harm the learning environment, according to a newly released poll. The Valentine’s Day mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in […] Read more »