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Kongshem, Lars – Executive Educator, 1992
The National School Safety Center pegs the number of gun-toting U.S. students at 100,000. Unless metal detectors are employed as part of a carefully thought-out school safety plan, their use is likely to be ineffective, controversial, and a legal minefield. Random student searches are becoming common. A sidebar describes a Washington, D.C., junior…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guns, Legal Problems, Prevention