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https://www.wsj.com/articles/violence-against-teachers-is-on-the-rise-97a74dcf

‘There Were Fists Everywhere.’ Violence Against Teachers Is on the Rise.

Assaults ratchet up since return to in-person learning, adding to broader concerns about safety in schools

Teachers Jamie Lindsey, left, and Jennifer Malaterre in their classroom at Dilworth Middle School in Sparks, Nev., in April.

By Scott Calvert

| Photographs by Bridget Bennett for The Wall Street Journal

June 4, 2023 12:01 am ET

SPARKS, Nev.—When English teacher Lauren Forbus saw three students at her middle school sneak in through an exit-only door, she stood in the hall with outstretched arms and told them to turn around. Instead, she said, they cursed at her and told her to move.

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