Tag: School safety
Warning signs can be detected sooner through universal screenings for student...
Nathaniel von der Embse, University of South Florida
Whenever a massacre takes place at a U.S. school, like the...
Arming teachers – an effective security measure or a false sense...
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University
In the wake of the mass shooting at...
School shootings are at a record high this year – but...
James Densley, Metropolitan State University and Jillian Peterson, Hamline University
Whenever a school shooting takes place like the one...
Teachers must often face student attacks alone
Charles Bell, Illinois State University
When “Ms. Kyles,” a social studies teacher in a suburban district, heard her colleague scream in a nearby classroom, she...
Video shows students still get paddled in US schools
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
The image of a teacher paddling or spanking a student at school may...
The good-guy image police present to students often clashes with students’...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida; Aaron Kupchik, University of Delaware, and Benjamin W. Fisher, University of Louisville
Eight days after George Floyd was killed...
School buildings need more space to safely reopen
Samantha Keppler, University of Michigan and Karen Smilowitz, Northwestern University
When COVID-19 first arose, the battle cry was “flatten the curve.” As states make plans...
Video of 6-year-old girl’s arrest shows the perils of putting police...
F. Chris Curran, University of Florida
When states like Florida pass laws to put more police officers in schools, the idea is to keep kids...