While student safety is often revered as a top priority, it is not uncommon for incident response protocols to be overlooked until a situation that warrants action occurs.
- By Christine Dzou
- December 14, 2020
School security has taken on a new dimension as the result of the 2020 pandemic.
- By Bill Brennan
- December 14, 2020
Schools and universities are faced with an extraordinary challenge this fall. They need to create plans on preventing, identifying and managing people with potential Covid-19 infection and exposure while providing high-quality education.
- By Soumi Eachempati, MD, FACS, FCCM
- December 14, 2020
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, schools throughout our nation had their hands filled trying to keep students and faculty safe from unauthorized people on campus.
- By Monique Merhige
- December 08, 2020
Arguably, reopening the economy in many states across the country hinges on the ability for organizations to gain a good grasp on meeting COVID-safe practices.
- By Ryan Schonfeld
- December 08, 2020
It would seem that school and campus shootings would end with students schooling at home. That hasn’t been the case.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- December 08, 2020
A family is suing Chicago Public Schools due to an incident where a four-year-old boy was dragged by a security guard through the halls of McCutcheon Elementary school in March, according to the family’s lawyer.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 18, 2020
A Fort Worth, Texas elementary school sent a letter to parents notifying them about an incident where a student carried a loaded gun in their backpack.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 10, 2020
A Dallas College El Centro Campus police officer was shot in downtown Dallas Thursday evening.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 06, 2020
The Iowa City Community School District is developing a team to implement an assessment model that prevents violence and resolves conflict.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- November 02, 2020
Members of the state’s assembly have demanded more specific statewide guidelines for school reopening, emphasizing that equity gaps will otherwise grow as some students return to classrooms faster than others.
The robbery is the fifth off-campus robbery involving UT students this month.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- October 21, 2020
Undergraduate students at the University of Michigan have been issued an emergency stay-in-place order, after data shows that COVID-19 cases among Michigan students represents more than 60% of all local cases.
The task force was created in the wake of the shooting death of 23-year-old OSU student, Chase Meola on Oct. 11.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- October 19, 2020
Carroll County Public Schools in Maryland has outfitted its entire fleet of 311 school buses with new safety technology to help reduce cars from illegally passing buses when they are stopped.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- October 16, 2020
Because so many are online, sometimes schools forget to effectively communicate directly with parents about the steps that need to be taken in order to keep our kids safe at school — and at home.
- By Douglas B. Parisi
- October 15, 2020
Podcast
In this episode, we spoke to Tom Saccenti, a former campus police chief and security expert, about active shooter response planning in schools. His first piece of advice is to walk through an active shooter scenario with all teachers, janitors, staff members, etc. at the school.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- October 13, 2020
1105 Media, Inc. today announced the decision to mark Nov. 3, an official company holiday to allow its employees the time to vote and volunteer as a poll worker on Election Day.
As COVID-19 continues to spread across the United States, lawmakers, school district leaders, and parents are debating and discussing the merits and pitfalls of bringing students back into the classroom this fall.
- By Mike Johnson
- October 01, 2020
Schools must consider their HVAC system as part of their overall COVID-19 mitigation strategy, in addition to social distancing, cleaning, screening, signage and operational practices.
- By Ben Thompson
- September 29, 2020