As coronavirus cases surge throughout the country, Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, says the union would support "safety strikes" by teachers if safety measures are not met when schools are set to reopen in the fall.
Parkland parent Andrew Pollack is launching School Safety Grant, a new organization that awards security technology solutions in school districts across America with the objective of saving response time and lives in an emergency.
U.S. Reps. Ed Perlmutter (CO) and Stephanie Murphy (FL) announced the approval, by the powerful House Appropriations Committee, of $1 million for independent experts to publish a study on the potential mental health effects of active shooter drills in elementary and secondary schools.
Very few of 2,000 school children and teachers tested in the German state of Saxony showed antibodies to COVID-19, a study has found, suggesting schools may not play as big a role in spreading the virus as some had feared.
Los Angeles School Police Department Deputy Chief Leslie Ramirez has been named interim chief of the department, following Chief Todd Chamberlain’s resignation.
The Denver Board of Education voted to reduce the number of police officers assigned to schools by 25% by the end of the calendar year and to end its partnership with the Denver Police Department.
