Can The Next School Shooting Be Prevented With Compassion?
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The Uvalde school shooting has renewed questions of how to prevent the next shooting. For many who've opened fire in schools, the path to violence has common traits. A growing number of schools are adopting an evidence-based approach to preventing violence on their campuses. The plan recognizes that a student contemplating violence is a student in crisis. Today, a look at that plan in action: how a school district in Oregon has been turning troubled youth away from violence for nearly two decades.
This episode was produced by Rebecca Ramirez, edited by Gabriel Spitzer and fact-checked by Rachel Carlson.