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Direct linkCavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses a 52-hour hostage standoff at a school in southern Russia, which resulted in the deaths of more than 330 people, about half of them children. The horrific incident underscored the vulnerability of schools around the world, where the scope of security varies greatly. It has also prompted administrators to reevaluate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Terrorism, School Security, Death
Bowman, Darcia Harris – Education Week, 2004
Despite all its efforts to crack down on the bomb scares that disrupted classes again and again in 2003, North Carolina's Orange County district fell victim to yet another false alarm this school year, 2004. For some schools, bomb threats have become more routine than fire drills, with each incident ringing up multi-thousand-dollar tabs for…
Descriptors: Weapons, Emergency Programs, Terrorism, School Security
Hurst, Marianne D. – Education Week, 2004
A few weeks before the fifth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings on April 20, 1999, Principal Frank DeAngelis reflects on how his school has changed over the past five years. Much like the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the United States, "Columbine" carries a chilling meaning that resonates across the…
Descriptors: Terrorism, High Schools, Educational Environment, Teaching Conditions
