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The trauma from a suspected school shooting led this mother to advocate for technology that can detect gunshots.
A new Government Accountability Office report examines school shooting data by type, location, time of day, school year and relationship of the shooter to the school community.
Consider these five ideas for school lockdown drills to help avoid further traumatizing already-anxious students when buildings reopen.
District leaders can improve and streamline the process of screening student temperatures by using thermal camera technology. Here are five points district leaders should consider before implementation.
District leaders can use their preexisting visitor management systems for contact tracing and make them contactless by reconfiguring the system setup and overall layout at check-in.
Rancocas Valley Regional High School District has lowered the time it would take for the New Jersey school system and local police departments to detect a weapon on campus grounds and then apprehend the intruder by 80%.
While student safety is often cited by administrators as a top priority, incident response protocols often are overlooked until a situation that warrants action occurs. Regardless of how unlikely it […]
Simply generating a conversation around esports can help your K-12 school get on a path to be a game-changer, but be sure to set out a strategy and get buy-in from stakeholders.
Lockdown, fire and severe weather drills may dot the administrative calendar, but it is time to test your reunification procedures, too. DA guest columnist Chris Hardman, safety coordinator for Auburn City Schools in Alabama, shares what to address on the front end.
Police dog teams are familiar to all, and therapy dogs increasingly spend time in schools. Now, in some districts, security officers are patrolling their buildings with specially trained school dogs that can follow the sound and odor of gunfire and firearms to neutralize threats.
A successful plan factors in students’ physical, mental, emotional and social health, says DA guest columnist Michael S. Kuhrt, superintendent of Wichita Falls ISD in Texas.
Meet the winner of the multiround, two-day Pitchfest event at FETC 2020 that saw over 20 ed tech startups compete for a complimentary exhibit space at FETC 2021, a media advertising package in DA, and a special pitching session in the VIP lounge.
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