School shootings at highest number in 20 years: research
Ninety-three school shootings that caused injuries or deaths took place during the 2020-21 school year, the highest figure recorded in 20 years, according to new research.
A National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) report published on Tuesday indicates a 20 percent increase in school shootings with casualties from the prior year, with 43 shootings in the 2020-21 year causing at least one death and the 50 others causing only injuries.
Those figures include any incident in which a gun was brandished or fired on school property or when a bullet hit school property. Many schools remained closed for parts of the 2020-21 academic year, indicating some of the shootings occurred while students were in remote instruction.
The latest increase is a jump from an already elevated number of annual school shootings. Fewer than 40 such shootings occurred most years over the past two decades, but more than 70 shootings took place in each of the three most recent years, according to the newly published data.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3539820-school-shootings-at-highest-number-in-20-years-research/