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Shocking video shows high school teacher, 68, lying unconscious in hallway after being knocked out by a STUDENT

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/281999171.html

Typical inner city garbage pits...

Another reason to home school...

Poster of Glorious Leader looks on in background....Classic.

Here's a view of what teachers endure as reported by the U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS

Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2011

Table 5.1. Percentage and number of public and private school teachers who reported that they were threatened with injury by a student from school during the previous 12 months, by locale and selected teacher or school characteristics: Various school years, 1993–94 through 2007–08

	1993–	1994			1999–	2000			2003–	2004
	Percent	Number			Percent	Number			Percent	Number
Teacher or school characteristic	Total	Total			Total	Total			Total	Total
Total	11.7	342,100			8.8	305,200			6.8	253,100
Sex
Male	14.7	115,900			11.0	95,200			8.5	78,500
Female	10.6	226,200			8.1	210,000			6.3	174,500
Race/ethnicity¹
White	11.5	295,100			8.6	252,600			6.4	199,000
Black	12.0	23,800			11.6	28,300			11.8	32,500
Hispanic	13.2	15,900			9.1	17,200			5.6	12,500
Other	13.5	7,300			8.4	7,100			8.7	9,100
Instructional level²
Elementary	8.7	134,500			8.0	148,300			5.8	113,700
Secondary	15.0	207,500			9.9	157,000			8.0	139,400
Sector
Public³	12.8	326,300			9.6	287,700			7.5	242,500
Private	4.2	15,700			3.9	17,500			2.3	10,600



					2007-08


			Percent					Number
Teacher or school characteristic	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural	Total	City	Suburban	Town	Rural
Total	7.5	10.3	6.4	7.5	5.7	289,600	110,800	88,500	37,600	52,800
Sex
Male	9.3	13.1	8.2	8.0	7.0	88,500	35,900	26,900	9,700	16,000
Female	6.9	9.3	5.9	7.3	5.3	201,100	74,900	61,600	27,900	36,700
Race/ethnicity¹
White	7.2	10.3	6.2	7.6	5.7	234,500	81,000	72,100	33,900	47,400
Black	11.0	13.5	10.7	6.2	6.6	28,500	16,000	8,700	1,200	2,600 ^!
Hispanic	6.7	8.3	4.7	7.3 ^!	5.4 ^!	18,000	10,500	4,100	1,700 ^!	1,700 ^!
Other	7.6	7.6^!	8.8	6.2 ^!	5.5	8,600	3,300^!	3,600	700 ^!	1,000
Instructional level²
Elementary	6.6	9.2	5.4	7.5	4.8	129,400	49,800	37,400	19,600	22,600
Secondary	8.4	11.4	7.5	7.4	6.7	160,200	61,000	51,000	17,900	30,200
Sector
Public³	8.1	12.1	7.0	7.8	5.9	276,700	106,200	83,700	36,300	50,600
Private	2.6	2.3	2.7	3.6 ^!	3.2	12,800	4,600	4,800	1,300 ^!	2,200

^! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) is 30 percent or greater.

¹Other includes American Indian, Alaska Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and, in 2003–04 and 2007–08, two or more races. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.

²Instructional level divides teachers into elementary or secondary based on a combination of the grades taught, main teaching assignment, and the structure of the teachers’ class(es). Please see the glossary for a more detailed definition.

³The public sector includes public, public charter, and Bureau of Indian Education school teachers.

NOTE: Teachers who taught only prekindergarten students are excluded. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Estimates of number of reports are rounded to the nearest 100. Figures were revised and may dif fer from previously published data.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), “Public School Teacher Data File,” and “Private School Teacher Data File,” 1993–94, 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08; “Charter School Teacher Data File,” 1999–2000; and “Bureau of Indian Education Teacher Data File,” 1999–2000, 2003–04, and 2007–08

I did a quick check on the content and I am confident that the numbers and text match the pdf file (linked above).

The district also considered creating its own police department but said it was too costly and went against the more nurturing culture that the district is trying to establish.

"More nurturing culture."

Really, that's what it says.