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.
Roundtable Recaps School Visitor ID and Student Pickup Policies: When Exceptions Arise NCSSD members discuss visitor identification, student pickup procedures, digital IDs, and how schools can prepare front office staff to handle exceptions.
Industry Perspectives What School Security Assessments Reveal About Technology Gaps Guidepost Solutions' Jordan Ferrantelli shares lessons from assessing school security programs, including common system failures, overlooked risks, and what districts should consider before investing in new technology.
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.
SSL Newsletter Video Surveillance, School Safety Technology, and More: September 2026 Roundup Catch up on the latest School Security Leadership articles, resources, research, practitioner insights, and updates from September.
Discussion Board Digests A Classroom Glass Question Sparks a Larger Debate About School Safety Priorities An NCSSD discussion about classroom glass and lockdown concealment evolved into a larger debate over how schools should balance prevention, physical security, and competing safety priorities when resources are limited.
Insights ALPRs in Schools: What K-12 Leaders Should Consider Before Adoption As municipalities and school districts reconsider some uses of license plate readers, school leaders can learn from questions being raised about data access, retention, sharing, and oversight.
Discussion Board Digests Locked Classroom Doors: What the Research Says and How Schools Can Improve Staff Buy-In School safety leaders share strategies for keeping classroom doors secure and addressing everyday practices that can complicate classroom door security.
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.
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.
SSL Newsletter Locked Classroom Doors, Alyssa's Law, Cybersecurity, and More: August 1-15 Roundup From locked classroom doors and Alyssa’s Law to cybersecurity and emerging technology, catch up on the school safety news, research, resources, and practitioner insights you may have missed.
Resources PASS Offers Free Digital Checklists for School Safety Assessments PASS has made its School Safety & Security Checklists available in a free digital format, helping school safety teams assess campuses, identify security gaps, track progress, and generate reports.
