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Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, 2022
As the 2021-22 academic year came to a close, the United States was rocked by the news of another school mass shooting, this time at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Nineteen fourth-grade students and two of their teachers were killed when an 18-year-old former student entered the school through an unlocked door, made his way to his former…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Violence, Weapons, Student Behavior
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Gaal, Susanne R.; Fuller, Matthew B.; Szaal, Stacie; Linn, Katherine; Ford, Cherokee – School Leadership Review, 2022
The 2020 Texas Educators' Needs Assessment Regarding School Safety and Victims Services included responses from educators across the state of Texas regarding school safety. This needs assessment generated data that provided researchers with the unique opportunity to analyze the school safety issues in Texas (Fuller et al, 2020). The purpose of the…
Descriptors: School Violence, School Safety, Weapons, Crime
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Walker, David R.; Sampson, Pauline M. – School Leadership Review, 2018
The decision on how to protect the children and youth while at schools is a serious conversation with varying agreements on the best practices. Some feel that school personnel should not be trained nor expected to be able to react to an armed person while others believe that training of school personnel and allowing them to be armed will deter…
Descriptors: Leadership Responsibility, Planning, School Safety, Emergency Programs