Education advocates on leading through mass shootings

A group of chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association pray with a Metro police officer standing guard at the entry of The Covenant School, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Chicago education advocates on leading schools through the age of mass shootings

The Covenant School in Nashville is the latest school to be struck by a mass shooting.

A group of chaplains from the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association pray with a Metro police officer standing guard at the entry of The Covenant School, Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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By Michael Liptrot

What do schools in Illinois do to prepare for a school shooting? And what runs through the minds of educators when they hear about Sandy Hook, Uvalde and now Nashville?

Reset speaks to two local education advocates for their perspectives.

GUESTS: Katherine Buitron-Vera, former school safety consultant; volunteer with March Fourth Nate Pietrini, executive director at High Jump and former principal at Hawthorne Scholastic Academy