Industry Perspectives Designing Safer Schools Starts Before Construction School design decisions can affect security, accessibility, and emergency response. Here's why involving the right people and asking the right questions early in the planning process matters.
Industry Perspectives Student Grooming Prevention: Digital Communication Risks and Safeguards for Schools A risk control consultant discusses warning signs of inappropriate adult-to-student communication, common policy gaps, and safeguards schools can put in place to prevent misconduct.
Contributed Perspectives When Classroom Equipment Becomes a Safety Risk: Lessons From a Specialized Classroom After monitors were thrown and cords were cut during behavioral incidents, one district brought safety, IT, and facilities staff together to protect classroom equipment without limiting a teacher’s ability to call for help.
Contributed Perspectives Gate Safety at Schools: New Standards, Codes, and the Work Ahead New gate safety standards and building code changes are putting greater attention on how gates are installed, inspected, and maintained at schools.
Industry Perspectives Emerging Technologies in School Safety: Privacy, Compliance, and Governance Considerations From facial recognition and AI-powered analytics to autonomous drones, emerging school safety technologies raise new questions about privacy, data use, governance, and oversight.
Industry Perspectives Insights From a Former First Responder: Improving Clarity and Response Times in School Safety Emergencies Three tips for K-12 leaders on partnering with communities to improve emergency preparedness and response.
Industry Perspectives Designing Secure Schools Without Sacrificing the Student Experience School security can be integrated into building design without creating an institutional environment or sacrificing how students experience the space.
Contributed Perspectives Plans Inform, People Perform: A Practical Approach to School Emergency Readiness School emergency readiness goes beyond written plans. Learn practical ways to strengthen staff decision-making, role clarity, communication, and follow-through.
Industry Perspectives School Key Boxes: Balancing Security and Emergency Responder Access As schools strengthen building security, ensuring law enforcement and other first responders can quickly gain access during an emergency is critical.
Industry Perspectives Behavioral Threat Assessment Interviews: Strategies for Gathering Better Information Drawing on nearly three decades of experience, one practitioner shares what he has learned about conducting thoughtful, effective behavioral threat assessment interviews.
Contributed Perspectives Schools Should Not Be Test Courses for Force-Capable Drones Force-capable indoor drones must be judged against real buildings, real people, real emergencies, legal authority, and the daily mission of a school.
Industry Perspectives How to Strengthen K-12 Hiring Practices to Better Protect Students A practical framework for strengthening K-12 hiring practices through comprehensive background investigations and candidate evaluation.
