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Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 01/12/2011

How to talk to kids about violence
By Valerie Strauss
High-profile acts of violence can scare and confuse children. Here is advice on how to talk with them about the Arizona shooting rampage.

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Categories:  Parents | Tags:  arizona shooting, gabby giffords, gabrielle giffords, jared lee loughner, loughner, school psychologists, talking to kids about violence, tucson shootings

Posted at 05:00 AM ET, 01/12/2011

A critical shortage of school counselors
By Valerie Strauss
Public schools in the United States on average give each school counselor more than twice the recommended number of students to help. And in some states, including Arizona, the ratio is much higher.

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Categories:  Student Life, Student Life | Tags:  counselors, jared lee loughner, jared loughner, loughner, loughner and mental health, mental health, mental health issues, mental illnesses, school counselors

Posted at 06:31 PM ET, 01/10/2011

Duncan: Arizona community college did what it could with suspect

By Valerie Strauss
Education Secretary Arne Duncan said today that the community college that forced out the suspect in the Arizona shooting rampage because he was disruptive did what it could in handling the young man, and he asked how the young man was able to get a gun.

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Categories:  Education Secretary Duncan | Tags:  arizona community college, arizona shootings, gabby giffords, gabrielle giffords, giffords, jared lee loughner, loughner, pima community college, shooting suspect, the washington post