Rowan Moore Gerety

Rowan Moore Gerety appears in the following:

The Reality Of School Shooting Drills

Sunday, March 18, 2018

Florida schools have ramped up "code red drills" in the aftermath of the Parkland shooting. One teacher plans to post footage of the drills online to build support for more restrictive gun laws.

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Marjory Stoneman Douglas Students Walk Out In Protest 1 Month After Deadly Shooting

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

One month after a gunman killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., students around the country walked out of school in a call for action against school shootings.

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Tracing Gun Violence Through 3 Generations Of A Family

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Violent crime has been going down over the past few decades, but for some families, it still defines their daily lives as they cope with shootings and their aftermath.

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Flexibility: The Cornerstone of American Community Colleges?

Monday, March 20, 2017

Flexibility has been essential for American community colleges. Now, Miami-Dade College is launching a new program that allows students to earn degrees entirely on weekends.

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What Former Employees Say ITT Tech Did To Scam Its Students

Wednesday, December 07, 2016

Here are the accounts from several former employees and students about what happened behind closed doors at ITT Tech to lure students into expensive loans that rarely paid off.

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Teaching Middle-Schoolers Climate Change Without Terrifying Them

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

One science teacher in Miami knows how sea-level rise could affect her students' lives when they are her age. She is determined to teach them to take that seriously, with optimism.

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Orange County Sheriff's Office Releases Information About Orlando Shooting

Thursday, June 30, 2016

New details about what happened inside the club was made public. A law enforcement agency has released records of what dispatchers heard from deputies on the scene and 911 callers trapped inside.

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Wildfires Hit Northwest Tribal Lands Particularly Hard

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Firefighters first priority is life and property, but some tribal members have wondered why protecting some kinds of property — like farms and even second homes — come before tribal forest land.

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Farm Workers In Wildfire Areas Aren't Always Aware Of Evacuation Plans

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

Emergency announcements in Spanish don't get broadcast as much as ones in English. Efforts to use social media to inform people about evacuations aren't helpful to those without Internet access.

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3 Firefighters Killed While Battling Wildfires In Washington State

Thursday, August 20, 2015

Three firefighters in Washington state died while battling wildfires Wednesday. Scores of wildfires are burning throughout the western U.S. and nearly 30,000 firefighters are involved.

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Aging Irrigation Systems Lead To Crop Losses In The West

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Farmers across the West are making do with less water than they are used to. But the problem isn't just lack of rainfall and snowpack. Outdated irrigation systems have led to crop losses and conflict among farmers.

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Spending To Fight Wildfires At The Expense Of Preventing Them

Thursday, May 21, 2015

In Washington state, a community coalition is bringing homeowners, businesses and government together to figure out how best to use what little money there is to protect the land from destruction.

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Washington Supreme Court To Review Changes To Farm Worker Rest Breaks

Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The Washington State Supreme Court is considering whether farm workers who make money by the task should be paid separately for rest breaks.

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Remote Jailing Cuts Off Inmates From Real-World Support System

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

County jails that send inmates far away to serve short-term sentences can be a cost-saver to local governments. But it could have major consequences when prisoners are released.

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