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The biggest changes to school security in 2018

January 18, 2018January 17, 2018 by Ron Baer, Director of Business Development – K-12 for ASSA ABLOY

The complexity of ensuring our schools and education facilities are both safe and secure has grown tremendously. Brass key systems are increasingly supplemented with secure credentials as access…

A unique approach to school security: Bulletproof whiteboards?

November 5, 2013January 23, 2013 by By Meris Stansbury, Associate Editor

What's lighter than a typical whiteboard, will stop multiple rounds of ammunition, and is 2.5 times stronger than Kevlar? According to Hardwire LLC, a company specializing in ballistic…

Obama to unveil gun violence, school security measures

January 16, 2013 by From staff and wire reports

President Barack Obama's broad effort to reduce gun violence and boost school security will include proposed bans on military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines, as well as…

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns in school

December 20, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

In the tiny Texas town of Harrold, children and their parents don't give much thought to security at the community's lone school—in part because some of the teachers…

Leaders eye school safety plans after Connecticut attack

December 16, 2012 by From staff and wire reports

The mass killing inside a Connecticut elementary school has educators across the country reviewing their school security measures, reassuring parents, and asking, "What if?"

Detroit leads way in school security with high-tech scanning system

November 5, 2013August 30, 2011 by From wire service reports

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LA schools step up security after student shooting

January 20, 2011 by From staff and wire reports

Security officers wielding metal detecting wands meticulously searched students Wednesday as they waited in a long line outside a Los Angeles high school where two 15-year-olds were shot…

Districts install x-ray machines to boost school safety

October 25, 2010October 21, 2010 by By Jenna Zwang, Assistant Editor

More schools are turning to x-ray machines to strengthen and improve school security—a move that school safety experts say can improve physical safety as well as students’ and…

U.K. schools install facial recognition cameras to curb tardiness

October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

In a controversial move that could make taking attendance a thing of the past, some U.K. schools are using cutting-edge cameras to scan students’ faces as they enter…

SROs: A great investment in campus safety

January 6, 2011October 5, 2010 by Laura Ascione

One of the best security measures any district can employ is a school resource officer (SRO)--a trained police officer assigned to a campus. If an emergency strikes, the…

The biggest changes to school security in 2018

A unique approach to school security: Bulletproof whiteboards?

Obama to unveil gun violence, school security measures

Texas town allows teachers to carry concealed guns in school

Leaders eye school safety plans after Connecticut attack

Detroit leads way in school security with high-tech scanning system

LA schools step up security after student shooting

Districts install x-ray machines to boost school safety

U.K. schools install facial recognition cameras to curb tardiness

SROs: A great investment in campus safety

Twig Education Announces Launch of Twig Create Multimedia Makerspace

Discovery Education Presents Three New Virtual Field Trips

GoGuardian Offers Student Mental Health Service for Free as Schools Face Growing Mental Health Concerns

Curriculum Associates Sponsors the Council of the Great City Schools’ Inaugural Dr. Michael Casserly Legacy Award for Educational Courage and Justice

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