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Now a fixture on the education landscape, TFA faces new challenges — from inside and out.

Investigators have recovered three key pieces of evidence in the explosion that killed 29 mine workers in West Virginia on April 5, NPR has learned. The evidence includes two safety devices that sound alarms and shut down mining machines when methane gas approaches explosive levels. Investigators want to know whether the devices were a factor in the blast.

Two months before the explosion in April killed 29 mine workers, three witnesses say an electrician was ordered to disable a methane detector, an NPR News investigation finds. Working without an operational methane monitor is dangerous and potentially illegal.

Long-time peace educator Colman McCarthy joins us to talk about bullying and violence in schools and why teaching children about peace is vital.