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The closing of 50 schools this August in Chicago has prompted comparisons to the violent death of Derrion Albert, with warnings that the new school boundary lines could bring similar tension. 

Administrators in the Plano Independent School District have decided on panic buttons to keep students safe in schools.

The Eddie Eagle Gunsafe Program is now an encouraged course for first-graders in the state of Missouri. 

New surveillance cameras in West Aurora, Ill., schools will enable first responders to get a more solid picture of an incident before arriving at the scene. 

This coming school year every middle school and high school in Atlanta, will have an Atlanta Police Department officer patrolling its campus.

School districts in Illinois will now be required to conduct safety drills to prepare for a possible shooting under legislation Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law.

Under a proposed "school safety zone" ordinance, anyone caught with a weapon near a Chicago school could face a $1,000 to $5,000 fine and mandatory 30 days in jail.

Prior to the closure of dozens of schools, the city will hire several hundred new Safe Passage workers to shuttle students to their new schools.