Researchers Analyzed Years of Reports to a School Safety Tipline. Here’s What They Learned
An expansive analysis of thousands of reports to a school violence tipline provides evidence that the technology may be effective ...
Rising Tensions From Israel-Hamas War Are Seeping Into Schools
The Israel-Hamas war, which to date has taken the lives of more than 13,000 soldiers and citizens, may be happening ...
School Police Officers Should Do More Than Just Surveil and Control. Here’s How (Opinion)
On Monday, March 27, 2023, I woke up, drove my children to school, insisted that they hug me before exiting ...
Here’s How Educators Feel About Their Safety at School
A hefty portion of educators say they feel more unsafe at work than they once did, according to the results ...
How Districts Should Respond to Bomb Threats
Challenges to books and threats to school districts have spread across the country in tandem over the past few months.The ...
What Counts as a School Shooting? Lawmakers Want An Official Definition
The federal government should create an official definition of a school shooting and collect more data on the incidents to ...
Book Ban Debates Prompt Bomb Threats Against Schools
At the March 14 board meeting of the Hilton Central School District in upstate New York, a parent raised concerns ...
How to Support Students Following a School Shooting (Opinion)
To the Editor:I have seven tips for teachers and parents about how to talk to kids about and help them ...
Teaching Shouldn’t Be a ‘Life-Threatening Profession,’ Biden Says
President Joe Biden called for gun control, teacher pay raises, more funding for students with disabilities, and preschool expansions during ...
4 Out of Every 10 Parents Own a Gun. What That Means for School and Student Safety
More than 4 of every 10 parents of children under the age of 18 have a gun in their household, ...
U.S. Supreme Court Has Schools in Mind as It Weighs What ‘True Threats’ Are
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed when statements constitute “true threats” that are not protected by the First Amendment, ...
After Threats and Unruly Meetings, School Boards Invest in Security
In Sarasota, Fla., people who attend school board meetings must be screened by a handheld metal detector, a measure implemented ...
Texas Lawmakers Could Make It Easier to Kick Students Out of Class
Texas teachers and school administrators could more easily kick misbehaving students out of class under a wide-ranging bill debated Wednesday.In ...
‘Small Actions Matter’: A Teacher Reflects on School Shootings Since Sandy Hook (Opinion)
December 14, 2012I teach middle school English at a small school in Connecticut. I’ve recently had my second child. My ...
Do Schools Use Threat Assessment Fairly? In This State, There’s Little Data So Far
Threat assessment is an increasingly common school safety tool. But inconsistent use of threat assessments and gaps in data about ...
Schools Turn to AI to Detect Weapons. But Some Question the Tech’s Effectiveness
It took less than a year for leaders in the Utica City School District in New York to regret spending ...
Students Want to Feel Safe at School. Here’s What They’re Asking For
Students across the country worry school shootings are becoming routine. So they're walking out of school for "common sense" gun ...
Schools With More Black and Latino Students Likelier to Have Police
Predominantly Black and Latino schools are more likely to have on-site law enforcement than those with largely white enrollment, a ...
After the Nashville Shooting, School Safety Proposals Echo Past Efforts
Tennessee’s state and federal lawmakers have proposed a range of school safety policies—from an increase in school police to arming ...
School Shootings: The Long-Term Financial Fallout
On the all-too-frequent occasions when school shootings dominate the American news cycle, the conversation often turns to beefing up security ...
Schools Routinely Search Students for Weapons Under Safety Plans. Should They?
The March 22 shooting at a Denver high school by a student during his daily patdown for guns has focused ...
Congress Passed $1B for School Safety Last Year. Only 38 Districts Have Gotten Money
Last May, 19 students and two teachers lost their lives in the third deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, at ...
What the Tragedy in Nashville Reveals About School Safety
After three young children and three adults died in a shooting at a church-run elementary school in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, ...
After A Tragedy: Supporting Schools and Communities – Safe and Sound Schools
While we cover The Covenant School community in Nashville with our prayers, and support our Tennessee colleagues and community members ...
School Shooting Prompts Denver to Bring Back Armed Officers
Denver was one of at least 50 districts that removed police officers from their schools following the May 2020 killing ...
