Brazil’s all-hands effort to stamp out its emerging trend of school attacks stands in contrast to the U.S., where such attacks have been more frequent and more deadly for a longer period, yet ...

Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks. As the country scrambles for solutions, the U.S. has become its reference — both for what should be ...

How the ICRC works to empower schools In our operations around the globe, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works to empower school communities and ministries of education to manage ...

Brazil is experiencing an “epidemic” of violence in schools, according to the Brazilian government. Alarm bells began ringing earlier this month after a 25-year-old man hacked to death four ...

The success of Brazil’s efforts will hinge on the ability to maintain momentum even after public attention shifts away from school violence, he added.

Brazil School Violence Actions FILE - Students of the Thomazia Montoro public school shout for peace and against violence in front of a banner of Elisabete Tenreiro, a 71-year-old teacher who was ...

To address the increasing violence in schools across Brazil, including a recent ax attack by a 14-year-old student against two 9-year-old girls in the north of the country, the government of Sao ...

School violence in Brazil mirrors US. Its reaction doesn't Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools that resemble U.S.-style attacks ...

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A former student armed with a semiautomatic pistol and wearing a bulletproof vest fatally shot three people and wounded 13 on Friday after barging into two schools in ...

The numbers are far less than in the U.S. but school attacks are definitely on the increase, prompting soul-searching — and a national debate over strategies to prevent future tragedies.

School violence in Brazil mirrors U.S. Its reaction doesn’t An unprecedented crackdown shows the country’s determined response across federal, state and municipal levels.