March 2020 was  the first March in nearly two decades without a school shooting in the USA. Schools across the U.S. have been shut down since early March as a prevention measure to slow the spread of coronavirus. Since then, kids of all ages have adjusted to homeschooling and online classes — a

There is a fine line between teaching kids to make good decisions and forcing them to think — and worry — like tiny grown-ups. My son is more sensitive than many of his peers. When he was a toddler, he hated fireworks, feared action movies, and was wary of swimming,

The installation at Bnos Menachem started last week. An Orthodox girls’ school in Brooklyn has installed bullet-resistant classroom doors to keep out shooters. Bnos Menachem in the heavily Hasidic Crown Heights neighborhood is the first of more than 50 Jewish schools and synagogues in Brooklyn to have the 150-pound metal

A Hudson Valley school district is going above and beyond to keep their students and staff safe. In the wake of last week’s mass shootings, many people are wondering what we can do to prevent more tragedies like this from happening.  While politicians and lobbyists continue to argue instead of