High School

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden talks in a ballroom at Duquesne University, Friday, March 16, 2018, in Pittsburgh. Biden talked about Rooney's impact on Pittsburgh, Ireland, the NFL and himself, during the "Slainte! Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Daniel M. Rooney" event.

Joe Biden: I would have ‘beat the hell out’ of Trump in high school

Caitlin Yilek · March 21, 2018 4:34 pm

Deputies, federal agents and rescue personnel, converge on Great Mills High School, the scene of a shooting, Tuesday morning, March 20, 2018 in Great Mills, Md.

Maryland school shooter dead after school resource officer pursued and fired a round at him

Anna Giaritelli · March 20, 2018 3:52 pm

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 14, 2018, file photo, Grants Pass High School senior Zeke Medley, center, leads classmates during a walkout by several hundred students in Grants Pass, Ore. Religious leaders in Oregon intend to harness the youthful campaign for gun control to gather enough signatures to put a ban on assault rifles on the statewide ballot in November.

California high school teacher put on leave after asking whether schools would allow students to walk out to protest abortion

Katelyn Caralle · March 16, 2018 1:27 pm

Dylann Roof appears in the Charleston County Court to enter his guilty plea on murder charges in Charleston, S.C.

Sister of church shooter Dylann Roof arrested after bringing knife to school

Katelyn Caralle · March 15, 2018 12:22 pm

Students walk out of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as part of a nationwide protest against gun violence on Wednesday in Parkland, Fla. Organizers say nearly 3,000 walkouts are set in the biggest demonstration yet of the student activism that has emerged following the massacre of 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February.

Students walk out of class across America on one-month anniversary of Florida school shooting: Watch

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2018 4:16 pm

Students from the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., evacuate the school following a shooting there on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018. (WPLG-TV via AP)

Florida judge: Video of school shooting must be publicly released

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2018 8:46 pm

A police car drives by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a former student opened fire and killed 17 people.

National Security

DHS creates committee to boost school safety efforts

Anna Giaritelli · March 12, 2018 4:19 pm

This week, students at East High School in Anchorage, Alaska had an active shooter drill where a police officer fired blank shots from a handgun while students stayed inside their classrooms and school administrators alerted people about the fake shooter. The purpose of the training was to teach students what gunfire would likely sound like in the hallways in a real active shooter situation. (Screenshot via Heather Hintze / Twitter)

Police officer fires blank rounds in high school hallway during active shooter drill: Watch

Katelyn Caralle · March 9, 2018 8:22 pm

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh speaks to a crowd.

Beltway Confidential

Baltimore mayor promises taxpayer money to high school students playing hooky and protesting gun violence

Philip Wegmann · March 6, 2018 9:59 pm

The decline in graduations reverses an upward trend in D.C., which had a graduation rate of 59 percent in 2011 when the Education Department's standard measurement was introduced. (Photo by Scott Roth/Invision/AP)

Just 42 percent of DC high school students expected to graduate due to attendance problems

Naomi Lim · March 1, 2018 7:07 pm

"Are you really not taking any responsibility for the multiple red flags that were brought to the attention of the Broward sheriff's office about this shooter before this incident, whether it was people near him, close to him calling the police?" Tapper asked. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Jake Tapper takes Broward County sheriff to task for failure to stop high school shooter: Watch

Kyle Feldscher · February 25, 2018 2:43 pm

Florida Gov. Rick Scott said he will require a law enforcement officer to be present in every public school during hours when students are present. He also said, "We will require all individuals purchasing firearms to be 21 or older." (AP Photo/Mark Wallheiser)

Florida will ban gun sales to people under 21 years old

Anna Giaritelli · February 23, 2018 4:33 pm