School Safety

Schumer Tells Trump to Immediately Reinstate School Safety Board

Schumer Tells Trump to Immediately Reinstate School Safety Board

The Trump administration broke the law when it disbanded a school safety board created by Congress to advise federal agencies ...
How to Judge If Anonymous Threats to Schools Are Legit: 5 Expert Tips

How to Judge If Anonymous Threats to Schools Are Legit: 5 Expert Tips

Receiving an anonymous message via phone or email that threatens a school’s safety can be unsettling.Such messages are also disruptive, ...
A Resource Guide to Help Schools Move Forward After a Shooting

A Resource Guide to Help Schools Move Forward After a Shooting

There’s no foolproof guide or perfect answer to how school and district leaders should respond when gun violence infiltrates their ...
Should Teachers Carry Guns? How Two Principals Answer This Question

Should Teachers Carry Guns? How Two Principals Answer This Question

In April, Tennessee became the 34th state to allow teachers to carry guns at school, joining a club that’s burgeoned ...
Arming Teachers Could Cause ‘Accidents and More Tragedy,’ Miguel Cardona Says

Arming Teachers Could Cause ‘Accidents and More Tragedy,’ Miguel Cardona Says

State laws that allow teachers to carry guns are “dangerous” and could lead to “accidents and more tragedy,” the U.S ...
Researchers Analyzed Years of Reports to a School Safety Tipline. Here’s What They Learned

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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 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)

‘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

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

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 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

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

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

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 ...
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