{"id":2872,"date":"2019-01-16T08:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-16T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nacacadmitted.wpengine.com\/wordpress\/?p=2872"},"modified":"2019-01-18T09:46:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-18T14:46:35","slug":"students-believe-school-shootings-are-top-issue-facing-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admitted.nacacnet.org\/wordpress\/index.php\/2019\/01\/16\/students-believe-school-shootings-are-top-issue-facing-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Believe School Shootings are Top Issue Facing US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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School shootings are a primary driver of student activism and political interest, a new study found.<\/p>\n

In a study shared by Axios<\/a>, 68 percent of people aged 14 to 29 said school shootings are the most important issue facing the US.<\/p>\n

“The issue connects young Americans unlike anything except 9\/11 in the last 20 years,” said John Della Volpe, director of polling at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, told Axios.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Della Volpe said nearly 31 percent of those polled voted in the midterm elections, almost double the 2014 midterm turnout.<\/p>\n

These findings are in line with NACAC\u2019s own research<\/a>. The intensity of the current political climate has led to increased activism among students at more than half (52 percent) of all secondary schools across the US, according to a recent NACAC\u00a0research brief.<\/a><\/p>\n

NACAC also issued a\u00a0statement<\/a> in 2018\u00a0urging President Donald Trump and Congress to implement meaningful steps to reduce gun violence in schools, calling for:<\/p>\n