School safety is often evaluated by what a school has: cameras, locked doors, emergency plans, communication tools, resource officers, drills, and other safeguards intended to protect students and staff. Those measures matter, but an inventory of protections tells us...
Schools face no shortage of security products, programs, and recommendations. Cameras, access-control systems, alert platforms, reinforced doors, training programs, and staffing options are all presented as ways to improve protection. The difficult part is determining...
What if the most important school-safety questions are not only about what happened during a crisis, but about the conditions that allowed the crisis to progress? Every major school shooting generates investigations, after-action reports, and recommendations intended...
Schools have never had more safety options available to them. District leaders can choose from new technologies, updated procedures, training programs, facility modifications, communication tools, access-control systems, and an expanding list of best-practice...
1. What If We’ve Been Asking the Wrong Question About School Safety? After every school tragedy, the same question dominates the conversation: “How do we reduce casualties if it happens again?” It’s an understandable question. But I believe...
