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Ruffner talks about the photos he took on may 4, 1970s, when National Guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state ohio during an. Ntivietnam war protest a student and photographer at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of like life magazine. Thank you all for coming out tonight. We are hosting photographer howard ruffner, who during his College Years at Kent University was a photographer for the yearbook as well as the newspaper. His book moments of truth is a collection of more than 150 of his photos surrounding the kent state massacre of the 1970s in 4 students liv...

Variety of opinions as there in this room. I think that was a really brave, and great piece of teaching. I just want to commend him for that. We heard tonight, in fact, he supports taking down the mural. I think we can draw from that that students were encouraged to engage with us on what they felt they werent told what to feel by their teacher. I want to commend him for that. I think its really important and i think its what we hope all of our teachings in our schools is about. I have been particularly guided, by the students, that told us that they felt the murals were demoralizing. I dont t...

Today is a timely hearing with children out of school. To see what needs to be done to keep them safe. Im interested in keeping them safe not only as a get on and off school buses but in keeping them safe in the streets as they go to school. It is true that school buses have a relatively safe safety record. It is also true that children are injured every day or every year in bus related crashes. More than, i believe, and most accidents, we owe it to our children, to these students to examine why these fatalities occur and what can be done to prevent them. There are school buses in my own distr...

That our schools need to be places where students feel safe and supported. In general, George Washington high school is such a place. Both of my daughters had positive experiences there. I have really appreciated the letters from students. I saw mr. Reading earlier, i think he has left, but i really appreciated that he has assigned every single one of his students as a final exam to write to us, their feelings about the murals and the opinions were really varied. There was definitely as many variety of opinions as there in this room. I think that was a really brave, and great piece of teaching...

Their feelings about the murals and the opinions were really varied. There was definitely as many variety of opinions as there in this room. I think that was a really brave, and great piece of teaching. I just want to commend him for that. We heard tonight, in fact, he supports taking down the mural. I think we can draw from that that students were encouraged to engage with us on what they felt they werent told what to feel by their teacher. I want to commend him for that. I think its really important and i think its what we hope all of our teachings in our schools is about. I have been partic...