Today’s moderator: Maureen Downey
Maureen Downey has written about local, state and federal education policy at the AJC for 12 years. She’s also taught college classes in mass communications and journalism. However, she’s learned more about schools from having four children in them.
»Join the discussion online today: Share your opinions and ideas on Maureen's blog Get Schooled.
School shooting incidents — including the recent near tragedy in DeKalb County — often provoke debates about whether we can better protect students by arming teachers with guns. A guest columnist makes that recommendation today, and readers share their view on guns in schools. But a Georgia State University professor says we are failing to utilize new technologies to improve school safety, such as “laser dazzlers” that would render a would-be shooter unable to see. He says some new, non-lethal technologies being developed for the military and police to incapacitate armed assailants could also help schools.
Guest columnists:
What can we do? by Anthony Lemieux
Every teacher should be armed by Steve Siebold
Response to today's conversation from our readers
