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States with the Biggest Bullying Problems
In the next 7 minutes, a child in the U.S. will be bullied. It may be the son or daughter of someone you know. It may even be your own...
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Santa Fe shooting survivor recall acts of heroism during school shooting
Marshall said her classmate Christian Riley Garcia, 15, saved her life. The students and her substitute teacher, Ann Perkins, tried to...
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Santa Fe school shooting: Wounded officer John Barnes a ‘hero’
A Texas police officer who engaged in a gunfight with a school shooter and urged colleagues to help wounded students even as he suffered...
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Texas School Shooting Leaves 10 Dead, 13 Wounded
As students at high school in Santa Fe, Texas, were beginning their first classes of the day on Friday, a familiar scene unfolded: A...
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This officer stopped a school shooter before anyone got hurt
An Illinois school resource officer is being praised as a hero for intervening when a former student opened fire Wednesday morning at...
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NCES Report: Sworn Officers at Primary Schools on the Rise
The annual report also found primary schools opting to hire sworn law enforcement officers have grown faster than that secondary schools....
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In Rush to Add School Security Officers, Don’t Lose Sight of Best Practices
Putting police officers in schools can make a big impact on school safety— if it’s done right! Read more: Campus Safety Magazine
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One Teacher’s Brilliant Strategy to Stop Future School Shootings—and It’s Not About Guns
Here’s how one schoolteacher takes time each week to look out for the lonely. Learn more: Reader’s Digest
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Seventh-grader shoots self at Ohio middle school; no one else hurt
A seventh-grader was hospitalized Tuesday after suffering a self-inflicted gunshot wound at an Ohio middle school. Read the article on...
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Chattanooga bus crash: 6 children dead; Titans to help victims’ families
While the rest of the country gives thanks Thursday, six Chattanooga families are grieving the absence of a child from their table. Read...
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After Howard death, panel calls for more school officers
A panel of state leaders has called upon Delaware to invest more in resource officers and other programs to halt violence in schools at a...
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Newtown Schools Implement NaviGate Prepared Cloud-Based Safety System
The cloud-based school safety system directly connects first responders with Newtown Public Schools’ critical safety information....
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Lockdown advice for Wythe parents
When a crisis strikes a community and schools go on lockdown it’s probably every parent’s worst nightmare. Parental instincts instruct...
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Fresno Unified invests $500,000 in gunshot-tracking technology
Police Chief Jerry Dyer introduces the Shotspotter Technology (SST) Flex Gunshot Detection System during a press conference at Fresno...
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The Worst Has Happened — Now What?
A campus’ success in recovering from mass violence or some other tragedy will depend on how thoroughly it has planned for the long-term...
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Bill would allow students to opt out of safety drills
A proposed bill would give parents the option to excuse their child from a safety drill, with the exception of fire drills. Read the...
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4 new ideas to protect New Jersey schools from mass shootings
State lawmakers could soon pass a package of bills designed to enhance security and better protect students, teachers, and school...
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School Bus Driver Hailed as Hero for Saving Life
Noticing something out of the ordinary at one of her bus stops, this driver saved the life of a student’s father. Read the article:...
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School Security: Just Smoke and Mirrors?
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Setting the Stage for a National Dialogue On School Shooting Prevention
An FBI report confirms that the incidence of mass shootings has been on the rise over the last decade, in workplaces and schools...
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