With wide-ranging coverage of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, Parent Cortical Mass decided to produce this top articles post to help parents keep informed on the emerging topics. Find articles from PCM Top Influencers, Arne Duncan, Randi Weingarten, Michelle Rhee, as well as other notable education leaders. Articles by respected writers provide pro-and-con information on gun control, arming educators, mental illness, and violent video games.
Education Infuencers
Sec Duncan Hails Sandy Hook Elementary Educators - Arne Duncan, Dept. of Education
The Tragedy in Newtown, CT - Randi Weingarten, Huffington Post
Memo on Gun Control Laws - Michelle Rhee, Students First
We Need a Moderate Alternative to the NRA - Andrew J. Rotherham, Time
What to Do About School Shootings - Pedro Noguera, Education Week
How Can We Learn from Newtown? - Deborah Meier, Education Week
After Sandy Hook, What Can We Do? - Joanne Jacobs, Linking and Thinking on Education
Making Schools Safer in the Wake of Sandy Hook - Sam Chaltain, Huff Post
Public School Teachers Claim Our Heroes - Andy Cody, Living in Dialogue
Sandy Hook and School Reform - Michael Petrilli, Flypaper
Multiple Causes
A Response to Sandy Hook - John Hudak, Brookings Institute
A Better Target for Gun Control - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
In the Wake of Sandy Hook, We Need More than Just Gun Control - Crystal Brown, Good
Guns, Parents, and Sandy Hook - Andrew Cohen, The Atlantic
The Roots of Mass Murder - Charles Krauthammer, Wash Post
Gun Control
Do We Have the Courage to Stop This? - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
The Solution to Gun Violence is Clear - Fareed Zakaria, Wash Post
Looking for Lessons in Newtown - Nicholas Kristof, New York Times
If Massacre of 20 Children Doesn't Bring Gun Control, What Will? - Elie Wiesel, NYDN
Perry: No 'Knee-Jerk' Reaction to School Shooting - Gene Trainor, Star-Telegram
Remarks from NRA Press Conference on Sandy Hook - Wayne LaPierre, Wash Post
Pro-Gun Advocates Push Back After Newtown - David Freedlander, Daily Beast
Gun Control California, 1989 School Shooting Was Catalyst - Kathleen Miles, Huff Post
Arming Educators
There's a Strong Case for Guns Rights in Schools - William J. Bennett, CNN
Debate Stirred on Arming Teachers, School Staff - Andrew Ujifusa, Education Week
Gov. McDonnell Says Time to Discuss Arming School Officials - Amy Hunter, wtop.com
Gov. McDonnell, I Don't Want Guns at My School - Daniel Willingham, Science & Education Blog
Teacher Unions Reject Arming Educators - Randi Weingarten, Dennis Van Roekel, WashPost
School Officials Look Again at Security Measures Once Dismissed - Motoko Rich, NYT
Mental Illness
'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother': A Mom's Perspective on Mental Illness - Liza Long, Huff Post
'I Am Adam Lanza's Psychiatrist': Response to 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mom' - Anonymous, xojane
Backlash Against 'I Am Adam Lanza's Mother' - Ruth Davis Konigsberg, Time
A Mother Describes Son's Mental Illness After Sandy Hook - Richard Rende, RedHotParenting
Our Sons Are Not Future Killers - Emily Willingham, New York Times
Mental Health, Not Gun Control, the Answer to Mass Shootings - Allan Richarz, CSM
Speculation about Adam Lanza Must Stop - Judith Warner, Time
Video Game Violence
Shooting Renews Argument Over Video-Game Violence - Lou Kesten, AP
NRA Blasts Video Games After Sandy Hook - Wall Street Journal
Video Games Blamed Again - Christopher J Ferguson, Time
10 Country Comparison Says No Link Between Video Games & Gun Murders - Max Fisher, WP
