Atlanta Public Schools is considering creating its own police force to give the district more control over security and preventative measures for student and staff safety.
Following a brutal school stabbing, Chinese schools are being ordered to hire trained security officers, despite some ambiguity in addressing funding concerns.
LAPD officers will "adopt" a school and visit for 30 minutes everyday, the new policy states, talking with teachers, parents and staff, in an effort to stave off violence after the Dec. 14, 2012, shootings in Newtown, Conn.
There are five basic tenets that can mitigate risk in K-12 schools across the U.S., says David Esquith, Director, Office of Safe and Healthy Students for the U.S. Department of Education
Principal Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, killed in today's shooting at her Connecticut elementary school, recently installed a new security system to ensure student safety.
