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

Michigan lawmakers want to add CPR training to high school graduation requirements.

All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed this morning until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible threat.”
 

New York City will fund security guards for Jewish, Catholic and Muslim students in non-public schools.

Security measures in American high schools can have unintended consequences that hinder, rather than help students learn, according to research by the University at Buffalo.
 

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.

At Val Verde Unified School District in Riverside County, California, security and vigilance is everyone’s job, says Christopher Wynn, Chief of District Security. 

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation that will ban the carrying of concealed guns on school and university campuses in the state.