Insights Why Some Schools Are Banning Metal Water Bottles Schools are restricting or banning metal water bottles over concerns about student safety, concealed prohibited items, and classroom disruptions, but some policies are also drawing parent pushback.
Insights Student Assaults Against School Employees: Key Considerations for School Leaders As states strengthen penalties for assaults against school employees, school leaders are also navigating complex decisions about discipline, law enforcement, disability accommodations, de-escalation, and prevention.
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.
Webinars How Video Surveillance Is Evolving in K-12 Schools A recent ZeroNow webinar explored how schools are using video surveillance, AI, and analytics while navigating privacy, policy, and human oversight.
Insights Drones in Schools: What School Safety Leaders Are Saying As drones gain momentum in K-12 schools, school safety leaders are weighing its benefits, challenges, and role within a comprehensive school safety strategy.
After-Action Review Brown University Shooting After-Action Reviews: Lessons for K-12 Schools Reviews of the 2025 Brown University shooting offer lessons for K-12 schools on emergency communications, coordination, and response.
Resources Electric Shock Gloves in Schools Raise Questions About New Safety Technologies The controversy over electric shock gloves in Nebraska schools raises questions about how districts and law enforcement review new safety technologies, tactics, and use-of-force tools.
Insights CPR Graduation Requirements: Does Your State Require Training? See which states require CPR training before high school graduation and how those requirements vary.
Discussion Board Digests When School Arrival and Dismissal Procedures Get Pushback: What School Leaders Can Do A practitioner discussion about pushback to new arrival and dismissal procedures offers practical strategies for explaining safety changes, addressing concerns, and improving implementation.
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.
Insights 6-Year-Old Brings Loaded Gun on School Bus: 5 School Safety Takeaways A loaded gun found on a school bus highlights important lessons about student reporting, staff preparedness, and firearm access.
SROs SROs vs. SSOs: How Do Their Roles, Responsibilities, and Training Differ? School resource officers (SROs) and school security officers (SSOs) share a common goal, but their roles, authority, and training can differ.
