A leading school shootings researcher says he was wrong

A leading school shootings researcher says he was wrong

Ron Avi Astor, a prominent scholar of school violence at UCLA, announced a significant shift in his understanding of what drives school shootings during the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in April. For many years, Astor had advocated for interventions focused on improving school climate, reducing bullying, implementing social-emotional learning programs, and providing trauma-informed care based on his belief that these …