Articles Tagged with ''school safety''

A growing number of children have expressed fears about safety at their schools, particularly in public schools.

Zero-tolerance policies are ineffective in combating bullying, which is a “serious public health problem."

Crime in the nation’s schools and college campuses has declined over the past two decades, according to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
 

Schools may have more success curbing incidents of bullying if their most social students take an anti-bullying stance. 

The governor of Indiana announced more than $10 million in school security funds to be distributed to hundreds of schools and school corporations for threat assessments, installation of security systems or the hiring of school resource officers.

Changes to New York city's student safety act includes reporting of when kids are handcuffed in schools and when school safety agents are injured in scuffles with kids.

Integrated video surveillance solutions can prove invaluable to school security executives.

According to the School Crime Supplement (SCS) 22 percent of students ages 12–18 have been bullied at school, an amount lower than years past.

In Arkansas, every public school student, faculty and staff member in the state will now be protected by a panic button.