Police arrested three men after their target practice led to bullet holes at nearby middle and high school buildings in Ceres, California.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- September 28, 2020
An 18-year-old Western Illinois University student accused of shooting another student in a campus dorm Tuesday night is in custody in Chicago, university officials confirmed in a Facebook post Wednesday afternoon.
The Phoenix, AZ, Union High School District (PUHSD) is deciding how to spend more than a million dollars of its budget that would have gone to school resource officers.
The University’s after-hours security escort organizations will offer fewer services and programs for the fall semester as a result of decreased demand during the pandemic.
Two people died and six others were injured in a shooting early Sunday morning blocks away from Rutgers University.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- September 14, 2020
Many of the CDC’s guidelines can be met through the use of technology, and schools should be investing in and implementing technology solutions that not only helps them adhere to CDC guidelines this fall, but bolsters their overall school safety now and in the future.
- By Amy Jeffs
- August 28, 2020
School re-openings are causing a great deal of concern for students and faculty across the nation.
- By Omar Tabba
- August 28, 2020
Additional security staff have been added at The University of Notre Dame COVID-19 quarantine sites after some students violated safety protocols. Apparently the students left off-campus apartments and hotels.
You better sit down for this. Chicago Public School have voted to “trim” the budget for school resource officers on city K-12 campuses. By more than half, the budget has been sliced from $33 million to $15 million.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- August 24, 2020
Portland State University said Thursday its police force will no longer carry guns while patrolling on campus. The decision stems from heightened calls for change to policing policies.
By the numbers, mass shootings on school grounds represent less than 1 percent of overall school violence incidents.
- By Richard Brent
- August 13, 2020
As colleges and K-12 schools plan for classes this fall — online, in classrooms, or a hybrid of both — those that opt for some form of in-person instruction will need to deliver it safely, ever-mindful of the coronavirus that’s still present.
- By Victoria Sanville
- August 13, 2020
Many years ago, as a college student, my opinion of campus police was entirely negative: campus cops were not real cops; they were the wannabes who couldn’t cut it in municipal agencies.
- By Lt. John M. Weinstein, PhD
- August 12, 2020
Paul Steber, a former High Point University student Paul Steber pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a firearm on educational property. The university is located in North Carolina.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- August 04, 2020
The COVID-19 virus has played havoc for schools of all types, and in every state opening schedules will be different. Public schools differ from private education facilities, campus officials taking into account the needs and safety of students, teachers and staff.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- July 31, 2020
The American Academy of Pediatrics joined with three education organizations to weigh in on the conversation regarding the return to school. Their perspective: Yes, children learn best when they're in the classroom; but only when it's safe to do so.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- July 30, 2020
In June, like several other public and private institutions, the Minneapolis Board of Education unanimously voted to cancel its contract with the Minneapolis Police Department in response to the killing of George Floyd. The call for dismantling police forces, in this case, on campus is getting some mileage.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- July 28, 2020
Here are five tips that all districts can use to reimagine the learning space design process in both the current environment, and in a post-COVID world.
- By Manuel Cordero and Dr. Christina Counts
- July 23, 2020
Plans to open schools were moving along quite nicely, until now. President Donald Trump and his advisors from the Education Department are pushing that schools open on time. The coronavirus might have other plans.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- July 14, 2020
An action plan laid out by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday calls for reopening New York schools in regions of the state with less than a 5 percent coronavirus infection rate.