Insights As School Safety Laws Shift Toward Mandates, Practitioners Put Policies and Planning First As states mandate more school safety measures, experienced practitioners say schools should focus on policies, procedures, and planning—not just technology.
Insights The First Line of Defense: 3 Layers of School Front Office Security Front office staff play a critical role in school safety. This practical framework from an NCSSD member highlights three layers of access control and visitor management.
Insights How School Safety Leaders Are Building Staff Buy-In A recent NCSSD member discussion revealed strategies for improving staff engagement, strengthening leadership support, and building stronger school security cultures.
Insights The Hidden Weight of School Safety: What We Ask Educators to Carry School safety has evolved significantly since Marjory Stoneman Douglas. So have the expectations placed on educators.
Insights Preparedness Without Fear: What Effective School Safety Drills Look Like Post-MSD, a vital lesson emerged: preparedness should build confidence and reassurance rather than fear, ensuring students and staff feel secure.
Insights Beyond the Door: Building a Culture of Access Control on Your Campus An inside look at why effective school access control depends on people, process, and discipline—not just technology.
Insights The Growing Role of Early Intervention in School Safety Recent policy developments, student support initiatives, and behavioral threat assessment efforts reflect a growing recognition that early intervention, student well-being, and school safety are closely connected.
Insights How School Safety Leaders Are Approaching Behavioral Threat Assessment School safety leaders say effective BTAM programs are less about discipline and more about identifying concerns early, coordinating interventions, and supporting students.
Insights E-Bikes on Campus: Common Policy Approaches for Schools As students increasingly use e-bikes and e-scooters, schools are working to establish clear expectations for how and where they can be used.
Insights What School Security Leaders Should Prioritize During Slower Periods Summer break and other quieter periods provide opportunities to assess vulnerabilities, improve preparedness, and focus on work that can be difficult to prioritize during the school year.
Insights More Than 40 States Require CPR Training for High School Graduation. Is Yours One of Them? CPR can double or triple a person's chance of survival after cardiac arrest. Here's where CPR training is required for graduation, how the mandates typically work, and what research says about teaching lifesaving skills in schools.
Insights 11 Practitioner Takeaways from ALERRT's School-Based Active Shooter Report While the report reinforces the importance of locked doors and access control, the findings also highlight why school safety is about more than hardware alone.
