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40 years ago, the US started sending more and more kids to prison without hope of release, but today, it's far more rare – what happened?

A South Carolina judge heard arguments in late May 2023 to reconsider the sentence for Jesse Osborne, who carried out a school shooting in 2016. Fourteen years old at the time, Osborne killed his father, then opened fire at Townsville Elementary School, killing a 6-year-old child and injuring others.

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Theaster Gates South Side arts hub names programming team

The acclaimed Chicago artist has renovated vacant buildings across the South Side through his Rebuild Foundation. The former elementary school, vacant for 20 years, will be transformed into an arts hub in 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times

New school safety laws seek to add armed guards, chaplains and mental health training. Here’s what you need to know.

Experts say many of the changes will bolster school safety but some requirements may be challenging for public schools to implement by the upcoming school year with limited funding and staffing constraints.

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Benesse offers free AI support for schoolkids' summer projects

Benesse Corp. will provide a service that helps elementary school students use generative artificial intelligence to do their summer independent research homework, the firm has said. The service will be available starting July 25, the educational services giant announced Wednesday.

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Leonardo DiCaprio to fund scholarships, climate education at his former elementary school

Leonardo DiCaprio is bringing a scholarships and a climate education program to his former elementary school

The Independent UK

UK police say a second 8-year-old girl has died after an SUV crashed into a Wimbledon school

British police say a second 8-year-old girl has died after an SUV crashed into an elementary school in the Wimbledon area of London

The Independent UK

8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening' condition after deadly London school car crash

London police say an 8-year-old girl is in a “life-threatening condition” in the hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in the southwest of the city on Thursday that claimed the life of another girl of the same age

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Girl dies after SUV crashes into a London school; a woman arrested for possible dangerous driving

London police say a girl died when an SUV crashed into an elementary school on a very narrow road in the Wimbledon district of southwest London

The Independent UK

How many youth football players have six-figure deals? A 9-year-old in Snoop Dogg’s league does.

LOS ANGELES — Ghalee Wadood Jr. is a rising third-grader at 54th Street Elementary School in View Park.

Los Angeles Times

CPS says it fixed every lead paint hazard it found this year, but work at some schools hasn’t been completed, records show

Chicago Public Schools records also show long delays at some schools between when lead paint hazards were identified and removed.

Chicago Sun-Times

Texas DPS ordered to release documents on botched Uvalde shooting response

Massacre at Robb Elementary School left 19 children and two teachers dead

The Independent UK

Search for missing elementary school teacher who vanished from New Jersey hotel three weeks ago

Lara Emanuele has been missing since early June though police do not believe her disapperance is suspicious at this time

The Independent UK

TV Tinsel: Birder Christian Cooper found his wings early in life

In elementary school Christian Cooper found himself in a class that bored him to death. Little did he know that that class would spawn a lifetime passion and even a TV show.

Tribune News Service

Father of 6-year-old Virginia shooter has several gun, assault charges on his record

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The mother of the 6-year-old student who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School on Jan. 6 is being taken to task in the criminal justice system for her son’s actions.

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Chicago Sun-Times

CPS gym teacher accused of sexually abusing elementary school students: prosecutors

Andrew Castro, 36, allegedly sexually abused three students who, at his request, referred to him as “godfather,” Cook County prosecutors said Friday during his bond hearing.

Tribune News Service

This school tries unique strategy to prepare young kids to learn to read

Every Georgia elementary school will soon have to reconsider how to teach reading. One metro Atlanta system has a head start.

The Independent UK

Bible-waving demonstrators gather outside Utah Capitol to protest its ban from school libraries

Davis County school district announced earlier that those in middle and elementary school in about eight schools would lose access to the Bible

Bangkok Post

Mum of 6-year-old who shot teacher faces US gun charges

NEWPORT NEWS: The mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and wounded his elementary school teacher was charged on Monday with two US firearms felonies, and her lawyer said she will plead guilty to both offenses under a deal with federal prosecutors.

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Protest over Pride month assembly at Los Angeles school turns violent

Reports of fights breaking out over a book reading about inclusive families forced police officers to separate clashing groups

The Independent UK

Protests erupt outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly

Police officers are separating protesters and counterprotesters outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for LGBTQ+ issues involving children in California during Pride month

Chicago Sun-Times

Immigrant dies at shelter at shuttered Woodlawn school that stirred controversy

Officers responded Friday morning to a call of a 26-year-old man who was “foaming at the mouth and unresponsive” at the old Wadsworth Elementary School building, police said. He died there.

The Independent UK

Protests erupt outside Los Angeles elementary school's Pride month assembly

WEKU

After 10 years, Chicago school closings have left big holes, and promises unkept

Ten years ago Chicago Public Schools leaders voted to close 50 public schools. WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times examined the promises made to students and communities in 2013.

Guitar World

Samantha Fish: “I play other guitars, but I always go back to the SG because it fights me just enough. I need something to push back a little bit and she does”

The blues-rock ace on what draws her to both Gibson and Fender, why all guitar players should learn drums, and how she ended up using an elementary school PA system for her tones on her new album with Jesse Dayton, Death Wish Blues

The Independent UK

Texas parents fret over Winnie the Pooh being used to teach kids about school shootings

The Dallas school district has apologized for not giving parents any warning or guidance before it sent elementary school students home with a Winnie the Pooh-themed book about what to do in the event of a school shooting

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