13 Things We Can Do About School Shootings
The four people I love most spend their days inside the bricks and mortar of public school buildings. As a high school teacher, I do too. I’ll never forget my 1st grade son coming home one day, lip quivering, talking about a lock-down drill. “They can see us, Mom,” he said. “We can’t all fit behind the bookshelves and the bad guys can see us.” After reassuring him with a confidence I did not feel and putting him to bed, I dissolved into tears. “Why should our kids even have t