Article 6BX4Q Winnie-the-Pooh book teaches Texas kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting

Winnie-the-Pooh book teaches Texas kids to ‘run, hide, fight’ in a shooting

by
Ed Pilkington in New York
from on (#6BX4Q)

Stay Safe book, produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston, was sent home in backpacks of children

Texas schoolchildren as young as four years old are being given Winnie-the-Pooh cartoon books, teaching them to run, hide, fight" if a gunman enters their building.

Parents and teachers in the Dallas area have expressed alarm and concern that the Stay Safe book, produced by a law enforcement consulting firm in Houston, has been sent home in the backpacks of children in pre-kindergarten and elementary classes.

Continue reading...
External Content
Source RSS or Atom Feed
Feed Location http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/rss
Feed Title
Feed Link http://www.theguardian.com/
Reply 0 comments