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Arrests of 6-year-olds shows the perils of putting police in primary schools

  • Written by F. Chris Curran, Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy, University of Florida
The portion of primary schools that have police officers on site has risen dramatically in recent years.Simone Hogan/Shutterstock.com

When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids safe.

But as the arrest of two six-year-olds in a Florida school in October has shown, sometimes one threat to the...

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