Resources Topic Hub: School Cell Phone Restrictions in K-12 Schools Everything you need to stay informed about school cell phone restrictions, including the latest research, educator perspectives, implementation lessons, legislation, and free resources.
Insights Q&A: Bringing Bleeding-Control Training and Supplies Into School Emergency Planning The First Minute Project shares guidance on bleeding-control supplies, staff training, and preparing schools to provide lifesaving care before first responders can reach an injured person.
Insights Flock Cameras in K-12 Schools: Which Districts Are Reconsidering Them and Why? School districts are taking different approaches to Flock Safety cameras as questions grow around cost, data access, security value, and community concerns.
Insights How Schools Are Addressing E-Bikes and E-Scooters on Campus New injury data and insights from school safety leaders highlight how districts are addressing e-bike and e-scooter safety through campus policies, enforcement, and rider education.
Topic Hubs Topic Hub: Behavioral Threat Assessment in K-12 Schools Everything you need to stay informed about behavioral threat assessment and management (BTAM) in K-12 schools, with articles, research, practitioner insights, best practices, and free resources all in one place.
Discussion Board Digests Implementing Cell Phone Bans: School Safety Leaders Share Insights NCSSD members share how their schools are implementing cell phone restrictions, including enforcement, student workarounds, emergency access, costs, and early outcomes.
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.
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.
Insights ‘Cat in the Hat’ TikTok Trend: How School Safety Leaders Are Responding AI-generated threatening posts are prompting school investigations, disciplinary action, and law enforcement response. NCSSD members share experiences, guidance, and resources.
Insights How Orange County Public Schools Turned an Old School Bus Into a Reunification Resource Orange County Public Schools repurposed a surplus school bus to keep reunification supplies organized and ready to deploy during an emergency.
Video Surveillance School Security Cameras Raise New Questions About Privacy, Access, and Use As camera capabilities expand, districts are weighing where cameras belong, what they should be able to do, and what policies should govern them.
