by Dennis Beaver | education
September 14, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Ask School Resource Officer Per Westlund of the Hanford Police Department who — not what, but who — in his experience is the greatest risk to a child’s success in school, often creating a path to behavioral problems and even...
by Dennis Beaver | education
March 30, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s article is not about identity theft in the way that we usually think of the term. No one has assumed Sean’s identify, stolen his credit cards or taken anything of monetary value from him. Something of far greater importance...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
March 16, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver Some widely held beliefs persist long after evidence that they are flawed has come to light. Today, for anyone considering law as a profession, this statement has special relevance. “Up until the last decade, a license to practice...
by Dennis Beaver | education, lawyers
March 9, 2013 • By Dennis Beaver “I am considering swapping the classroom for the courtroom as our pay rate tops out at $80,000 here in Hanford. However, I’ve read articles recently about law graduates having enormous student loan debt and not finding decent paying...
by Dennis Beaver | education
December 10, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver In our last two columns, we focused on the role of the school resource officer in junior high and high schools. To briefly review, an SRO is a law enforcement officer assigned to a school campus in a...
by Dennis Beaver | education
December 03, 2011 (Original publish date) • By Dennis Beaver Is there a window of opportunity — an age or grade level in school — where a kid headed for trouble has what will likely be the last chance to be helped and steered in the right direction? Hanford School...
