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 »
Who Wants To Arm Teachers? Republican Men
Guns have dominated politics this week. And the one idea President Trump keeps coming back to is arming teachers. But a new NPR/Ipsos poll found that really only one group of people are in favor of training teachers to carry guns in schools — Republicans, especially Republican men. Overall, 59 […] Read more »
NPR Poll: After Parkland, Number of Americans Who Want Gun Restrictions Grows
An increasing number of Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, want more gun regulation, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll that surveyed people in the aftermath of the Parkland school shooting. CONT. Asma Khalid, NPR Read more »
The Perils of Truth Decay: Q&A with Three RAND Leaders
“Truthiness” was still a punchline when Merriam-Webster named it the word of the year in 2006. Comedian Stephen Colbert had coined the term as an eye-roll at the march of bias and opinion over facts. There’s less to laugh at now: the Oxford word of the year for 2016 was […] Read more »