The Virginian-Pilot

First responders, surgeons raced to save wounded Richneck Elementary schoolteacher shot by 6-year-old student

NEWPORT NEWS — A Newport News police detective raced into Richneck Elementary School after first grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot. “Where’s the main office?” Detective Amber Ruhlen asked as she ...

Tuesday marks three years since a student shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Tuesday, January 6, marks three years since the Richneck Elementary School shooting in Newport News. First-grade teacher Abby Zwerner was shot and critically injured by her ...
New York Post

Abby Zwerner’s $40M suit over shooting by first-grader hinges on who should have stopped the boy

The $40 million lawsuit over the Virginia teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student could hinge on who was responsible for checking out classmates’ claims that the first grader had a gun. Abby ...
ABC7 San Francisco

Trial starts in $40M lawsuit filed by a teacher who was shot by a 6-year-old student

A former assistant principal at a Virginia elementary school ignored multiple warnings that a 6-year-old student had a gun in the hours before he shot his teacher, an attorney for the teacher said ...
Flathead Beacon

Evergreen Schools’ Lunch with Students Program Helps District Make a Difference for Student Mental Health

On a Thursday afternoon right before Christmas break at East Evergreen Elementary, first-grade teacher Craig Fickle sat at a ...
Inside Higher Ed

How Academic Setbacks Impede First-Generation Completion

First-generation students make up half of all undergraduates, but only one quarter of them retain and graduate with a degree. A recent study from the National Bureau of Economic Research analyzed ...