Thomas Baxter is a high school principal in rural Ohio. He publishes this essay under a pseudonym.
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Thomas Baxter is a high school principal in rural Ohio. He publishes this essay under a pseudonym.
What happens when a school district votes to arm teachers? A Rust Belt educator takes us through the grim realities of training to kill one of his own students.
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