John P. Scott has been named Chief of School Safety and Security at the Texas Education Agency (TEA), a role created to ensure security compliance in Texas schools.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) and the Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) released safety requirements for Texas schools after the school shooting in Uvalde that claimed 21 lives.

Nineteen students and two teachers were killed in Uvalde, Texas' Robb Elementary School, the deadliest school shooting since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012.

A viral warning based on non-credible threats of school violence caused real-world security responses after a video went viral on TikTok. The phenomenon raises questions about the effects of mis- and disinformation.

In the wake of the shooting at Oxford High School, the National Association of School Resource Officers (NASRO) analyzed data showing an increase in school violence.

New York Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D- Kew Gardens Hills) and Stacey Pheffer Amato (D- Far Rockaway) have called upon the New York State Legislature to substantially increase security funding for nonpublic schools in the New York State budget.

A new video from the group Sandy Hook Promise shows school kids dealing with the threat of gun violence in everyday life.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law several bills related to enhancing school safety and expanding access to mental health resources.

Twenty years after the Columbine High School shooting made practicing for armed intruders as routine as fire drills, many parents have only tepid confidence in the ability of schools to stop a gunman, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.

A new report says there is no evidence that hardening of schools is keeping students safe.