The best environment for learning is one where students, teachers and staff feel safe.
- By Christopher Buecksler, Derek Peterson
- June 17, 2020
When it comes to safeguarding any educational facility, restricting access—particularly to secured areas—is vital.
- By Despina Stamatelos
- June 17, 2020
Columbia College Chicago is focused on embracing security while still maintaining an open environment for students, staff and visitors. With its manual revolving door and barrier free optical turnstiles, the university is doing just that.
- By Tracie Thomas
- June 17, 2020
Like cities and towns everywhere, campuses today face tremendous challenges when it comes to managing traffic and transportation.
- By Anthony Incorvati
- June 17, 2020
The Nemours Children’s Health System is a national resource focused on providing pediatric medical care, research, education, prevention, and advocacy.
- By Barbara Rizzatti
- June 17, 2020
Striking a delicate balance between security and functionality has always been a challenging objective for school administrators, who have to consider several factors in an attempt to make this possible.
- By Eric Widlitz
- June 16, 2020
Gabriel Parker, now 18, has been sentenced to two life sentences for killing two classmates at his high school in 2018. He will received an additional 70 years in prison for 14 counts of assault.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 15, 2020
As thousands of people across the country protested in response to the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, multiple school districts are considering removing school resource officers from schools.
- By Yvonne Marquez
- June 12, 2020
As educational leaders continue the challenging conversation about what the new normal will look like for students across the nation,
Scott Senjo, a tenured professor at Weber State University (WSU), has been put on leave following social media tweets that university officials call “abhorrent.” He has been relieved of his duties, and removed from teaching classes.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 03, 2020
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf said Friday that there is “no question” that schools will be open for in-person learning this fall. What remains unclear is how and when that will happen.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 01, 2020
Georgia school officials have released to guidance about how to open campuses for school in the fall by offering a 10-page document “Georgia’s Path to Recovery for K-12 Schools.” The manual was prepared by state education and public health department officials and covers the 2020-21 school year.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- June 01, 2020
While the Trump administration is encouraging schools to consider reopening schools sooner this spring, most state officials believe they will not resume in-person learning until the fall.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 30, 2020
The suspect in a 2018 shooting at Marshall County High School has pleaded guilty to murder.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced schools around the country to close campuses for the remainder of the school year.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 28, 2020
FEMA offers a "one-stop shop" for faith-based organizations to access security resources.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 28, 2020
Security and safety teams are adapting rapidly to new risks.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 27, 2020
Police in Montgomery County say a major factor in rising numbers of campus burglaries and other incidents is the amount of idle teens not attending school due to the coronavirus crisis.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 24, 2020
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Lawmakers have not made any final decisions, but state education officials say that because funds have not been disbursed to schools yet, the safety funding could be axed.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 20, 2020
Before students and staff can return after COVID-19 campus closures, administrators must consider factors such as testing, PPE and enhanced cleaning procedures.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 16, 2020
In Berkeley, administrators are addressing an explicit “Zoombombing” incident as Oakland acknowledges a public leak of Google Classroom sites and Zoom meeting passwords.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 15, 2020
Marshall County High School, the site of a shooting that killed two students in 2018, has since received hundreds of thousands in grants for security systems and mental health therapists.
- By Haley Samsel
- April 14, 2020
After several years of dealing with an older, failing analog video system on its buses, the district needed to update the fleet.
- By Barbara Rizzatti
- April 14, 2020
When universities create a safe learning environment, next-generation leaders can thrive.
- By Jason Friedberg
- April 14, 2020
In the Spring of 2016, Oakwood University Church security personnel conducted a comprehensive security assessment of the campus and submitted its recommendations to the church’s senior pastor, Dr. Carlton Byrd.
- By Monique Merhige
- April 14, 2020
Schools continue to search for integrated and universal solutions to meet their communications challenges.
- By William Sako
- April 14, 2020
From a campus security management standpoint, the safety and security of students, staff, faculty and visitors should be top of mind for administrators and security staff alike.
- By Wayne Dorris
- April 14, 2020
Campus security requires a delicate balance of securing critical components such as patients, students, intellectual property or pharmaceuticals, yet provides an open and welcoming environment to its numerous and diverse visitors.
- By Kim Rahfaldt
- April 14, 2020
EDITOR'S COMMENTARY
It is my hope that campus violence and shootings aren’t becoming so mainstream news that we forget or dismiss how divisive and tragic a shooting will be seen. A shooting or untimely death of any kind is proportionately tragic.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- April 14, 2020