Missouri school district takes steps to combat chronic absenteeism
Across school districts in the heartland, there's an ongoing struggle to get students to attend classes, and both Kansas and Missouri are no exception.
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Across school districts in the heartland, there's an ongoing struggle to get students to attend classes, and both Kansas and Missouri are no exception.
There has been a debate on that campus and there's been a debate on a lot of campuses of concealed weapons on campus. there's a task there at ut recommended students to carry inside classrooms but not inside dorm rooms. how do you feel about that? >> well, i'm happy to hear that the president has not allowed them in dorm rooms. however, i was very disenheartened they will be allowed in classrooms. i think -- i know that classrooms can get very heated, very passionate. students and professors and staff members all have very strong opinions and they tend to discuss very controversial subjects. a...
Fake mass shooting demonstration near the campus of the university of texas-austin tomorrow. organizers say the demo will a dramatize the view allowing guns on campus would help stem the rash of murderous acts. reaction is mixed. >> is it going to be dangerous? >> i don't think it's particularly dangerous but i think it could cause for confusion on campus and distract the message that students for concealed carry is trying to relay. >> i'm against campus carry and with being in america we have free speech and a right to demonstrate what we believe in and people that believe in this they have a...
prosecution's case in this. it was a case against officer daniel holtzclaw, a patrol officer in the northeast sector of oklahoma city. he worked the night shift. he targeted women in his patrol car, specifically black women with a criminal background. his thinking was according to prosecutors that he could perform sexual acts on them and vice versa and they wouldn't complain because he had them over a barrel. he knew that they wouldn't complain because they had a criminal record against them and it would be tough for anyone to believe them. well, his case fell apart when he sexually ...