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According to the Educator’s School Safety Network (ESSN), a national non-profit school safety organization, the vast majority of media reports related to school safety this school year have been about bomb threats.

With Election Day just days away, schools across the country are preparing to open their doors to the public to operate as polling locations.

U.S. parents’ concern for their children’s physical safety at school has held steady this year at 28 percent, according to an August Gallup poll.

While the tools available to educators looking to integrate technology into the classroom are now better than ever before, there are still security considerations to take into account when implementing a digital curriculum

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

Enterprise security executives are retrofitting and upgrading legacy systems for myriad reasons.

Congressman Luke Messer (IN-06) introduced H.R. 5867, the National Strategy for School Security Act of 2016.  

When it comes to cybersecurity, school districts don’t present the content-rich targets that major corporations or government agencies might, but they also don’t have the same resources to protect themselves, says Jim Flanagan, chief learning service officer at the International Society for Technology in Education.

Mo. Gov. Jay Nixon signed student safety legislation to help prevent cyber bullying and youth suicide.

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