From a teacher in Wisconsin:
I can’t stop crying. In 1994 my associate principal was shot at my school here in Wisconsin. I have had counseling through the years but when something like this happens I am right back to 1994. I remain in teaching because I love working with my students but how can we live in a society where this continues to be possible? Is there something fundamentally corrupted within our collective soul that we fail to respond to safeguard all of our future? I attended my children’s elementary school holiday concert yesterday with tears. I woke up repeatedly last night and am now up at 5 AM trying to make some sense of life. I am still in tears.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Diane:
I apologize for posting on this post, however, I received an email about NJ & Broad:
http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=401700019
just wanted to make sure you saw it.
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Aside from an overly permissive gun culture and underfunded mental healthcare system, I can’t help but wonder if this climate of teacher-bashing and public school bashing in which many of our political leaders partake regularly, is to some degree a variable in the aggression, hatred and violence that have been directed at our schools’ students and staff. Can we get a moratorium from our politicians to stop bashing public schools and teachers?
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In 1970 my friend, Richard Arthur, took over Castlemont High School which at the time was rated the most violent and criminal high school in the U.S. They had constant gun fights on campus and eventually shot the principal in their office. After Richard took control of the school there was not even one fist fight. Over 50% dropout rate to almost Zero and to college in 4 years from 5-65%. It is easy to see how someone who was exposed to a friend being shot the memories come back with another situation. Who can forget something like that? We must fight back and save our society and youth. The opposite is now happening.
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