A group of parents and a pro-charter school organization sue New York for allowing violence to go unchecked in classrooms. But the city's mayor says major crimes are decreasing.

Video surfaced on YouTube showing Texas school police officer body-slamming middle school girl. Officials placed him on paid leave while they investigate the incident.

The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Friday, May 8, 2015. Listeners continued to be upset, interested and engaged in the issues of discipline and safety in schools, especially IPS in the wake of the fight video now seen around the world. But Friday’s program also covered other educational issues.  (At 02:48 Mark On Media Player). […]

The Afternoons with Amos PODCAST for Wednesday, May 6, 2015 was on fire with severe community anger and reaction to the video of a beatdown by  involving two students at Indianapolis Public School’s Northwest High School.  Recorded on a student bystander’s cellphone, the vi and uploaded to social media and picked up by Indianapolis’ five […]

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A Baltimore high school teacher has been placed on administrative leave and a student is facing charges after a fight inside a school was caught…

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When a football player allegedly aimed a loaded .22 caliber revolver at another student on a Florida school bus, a 16-year-old student bravely wrestled it from…