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In the year since Parkland shooting, a grieving mother and NJ native fights for school safety
In the despair after the Parkland school shooting, a single devastating moment shook so many Americans — when grieving mom Lori Alhadeff took a reporter’s
School Lockdowns Could Have Psychological Effects on Children
An analysis from the Washington Post found that more than four million children in the U.S. endured school lockdowns last school year. With each school
‘What if someone was shooting?’
Locked behind their green classroom door, MaKenzie Woody and 25 other first-graders huddled in the darkness. She sat on the vinyl tile floor against a
Please Excuse My Child From Class Today
As a followup to this story, something has to be changed in the way we walk our children through how to behave during an active shooter
Active Shooter Drills Are Traumatizing a Generation
The day after Nikolas Cruz murdered 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, a blaring alarm went off at the elementary school one block
‘This Is Not a Drill’: 11 Students on the Terror of Lockdowns
School gun violence and the terror it creates have riveted America again since a gunman shot and killed 17 last month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas
Do safe schools need armed guards or armed teachers?
As local school districts look to defend themselves against mass shooters, the idea of having armed guards — whether that means a borrowed patrol officer
Trump opposes ‘active shooter drills,’ references his own son
(CNN)President Donald Trump grew indignant on Thursday in opposing “active shooter drills” in schools, making a rare reference to his own son as he described the practice
‘I Worry Every Day’: Lockdown Drills Prompt Fear, Self-Reflection After School Shooting
Every few months, the children in Kelly Myers’ preschool class in Roanoke, Va., go to a corner of their classroom and hide. Myers puts a
My school’s new emergency plan includes lockdown drills. How can we keep them from scaring the kids?
You want to be really honest with kids about the low probability that a stranger would come into our school who doesn’t belong here, who
The Harsh Dilemma Of Preparing Kids For The Worst At School
LOS ANGELES — You’re a parent, volunteering to supervise recess at your child’s campus when suddenly you spot him. A masked shooter, armed to the
What I learned when a lockdown drill at our school went wrong
The reverse lockdown announcement came over the speaker. I checked the hallway and swept in anyone I saw. I locked my outer door. I locked