Education is required from ages 6-16. State Board member Tom McMillin says that after a deadly school shooting in Oxford it’s time to rethink that practice. Other state education leaders dismissed the suggestion.
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To prosper, Michigan must be a more educated place. Bridge will explore the challenges in education and identify policies and initiatives that address them.
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Prosecutor: Oxford suspect shouldn't have been allowed back in class
Oxford school officials are coming under scrutiny for what they did, and didn’t do, following disturbing interactions with the 15-year-old suspect before the shooting spree.
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Resources to help Michigan families cope with the Oxford High School shooting
Chalkbeat put together a list of resources for families that help them understand how to monitor threats in their school and where to go for help dealing with trauma.
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Scores of Michigan schools close amid threats following Oxford shootings
School districts are working with local law enforcement to probe the credibility of the online threats, with some school leaders saying it is not yet possible to keep up.
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Michigan House seeks $50 million for school police after Oxford shooting
The extra money would be used for additional school resource officers across the state. The state has no idea how many officers already are in Michigan schools. Not everyone agrees more police are necessarily better.
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Rumors of impending danger, terror-filled moments in Oxford school shooting
Students said they were aware of ominous social media posts directed toward the school. Then, in an instant, they were texting parents from barricaded classrooms, before being rescued by deputies. “Don’t look to the right,” one class was told.
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15-year-old suspect in Oxford school shooting recorded threat to kill classmates
Ethan Crumbley is facing murder and terrorism charges as the suspect in Tuesday’s Oxford High School shooting. Prosecutors believe the rampage was premeditated.
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Oxford Michigan school shooting shows limits of heightened security
School leaders say students and staff executed their training when an active shooter struck. But a teen was able to get a handgun into Oxford High to launch a rampage. ‘Everything worked,’ said one official, ‘and it’s still a tragedy.’
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Oxford High is seventh major school shooting in Michigan since 1978
The deaths of four students and wounding of several others is by far the state’s worst school shooting.
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Shooter drills. Anxious teachers. Flying staplers. Michigan schools prepare.
It’s been 20 years since two students killed 13 people at Columbine High School. Today, Michigan schools use hockey pucks, hornet spray and gun sensors to train for the unthinkable. Are they ready? And at what cost?