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This
image taken from video shows the exterior of Government Girls Science and Tech
College in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria on Thursday Feb. 22, 2018. As a painful
debate about school safety rages in the U.S., President Donald Trump's proposal
to put more guns in schools carries echoes of the questions being asked in the
northeast Nigeria. Determined to do something, the government has deployed
armed guards to schools as parents debate the merits of giving guns to teachers
themselves. (AP Photo)
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Facing different but
equally harrowing crises, parents and educators in the United States and
northeast Nigeria are debating similarly drastic measures to improve school
safety as a painful public reckoning plays out in both countries.
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A
woman holds a sign that reads "Am I Next?" during a student led gun
control rally outside the Capitol Building in Washington, Wednesday, March 14,
2018. As a painful debate about school safety rages in the U.S., President
Donald Trump's proposal to put more guns in schools carries echoes of the
questions being asked in the northeast Nigeria. Determined to do something, the
government has deployed armed guards to schools as parents debate the merits of
giving guns to teachers themselves. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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