About 50 elementary counselors in Salem-Keizer Public Schools recently spent several hours learning how to prepare and educate students ahead of lockdown drills, which can be traumatizing to some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Active shooter drills have become the norm in schools across the U.S., but experts warn they have the potential to cause more harm ...

Gunfire crackles and screams echo through Eeka McLeod’s home in Phoenix, Arizona. McLeod is issuing rapid instructions to her 7-year-old daughter Ella, who is ...

New York, home of the nation’s largest school district, is banning realistic active shooter drills, following years of activism by parents and lawmakers who say the drills traumatize children, ...

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Lockdown drills happen in nearly every school, but the ubiquitous simulations don’t help teachers feel safer, according to a recent survey by the RAND Corporation. And while the drills are intended to ...

Since the start of the school year, there have been more than 70 shootings on campuses across the U.S., according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. That level of violence is why educators in the U ...

Lockdown drills and other such training unfortunately remain essential tools for preparing students for the horrid possibility of gun violence in their schools. Last month, the state Board of Regents ...

With limited research on active shooter drills, schools should first do no harm as they conduct the exercises by mitigating possible effects on students’ psychological and emotional well-being, a new ...

A school safety drill in San Gabriel reached an extreme last week when, according to parents and students, the principal of the elementary school walked around, using her fingers to mime holding and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 50 elementary counselors in Salem-Keizer Public Schools recently spent several hours learning how to prepare and educate ...