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Jacob D. Skousen; Isaac Calvert; Spencer C. Weiler; Sterling Hilton; Jason Kopanke; Luke M. Cornelius – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2024
The issue of school safety has been interrogated as school shootings have occurred multiple times each year in the United States. This devastating reality has captured the attention of many throughout the United States. School leaders have implemented strategies to increase school safety, including the creation of practices to deter shooting…
Descriptors: Weapons, School Violence, School Security, School Policy
Elizabeth K. Love – ProQuest LLC, 2023
School security is an issue faced by all school districts. Some school districts in the state of Missouri made the decision to arm members of their staff to provide an additional layer of defense. This qualitative study looks at the lived experiences of PK-12 school staff members who carry a concealed weapon for Shield Solutions. The participants…
Descriptors: Experience, Weapons, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education
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Schulz, John H.; Wilhelm Stanis, Sonja A.; Li, Christine Jie; Morgan, Mark; Webb, Elisabeth B. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2022
Lead poisoning from ingestion of bullet fragments in gut piles and unretrieved deer carcasses continues to cause mortality in bald eagles. To address this issue, the Midwest region of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) initiated an outreach program during 2016-2018 encouraging hunters to voluntarily use nonlead ammunition while deer…
Descriptors: Weapons, Outreach Programs, Poisoning, Attitudes
Jason C. Koele – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Over the past 25 years school violence in the form of active shootings has steadily increased in frequency and devastation. Schools across the United States have leveraged a multitude of security mechanisms and philosophies to stop active shooter violence. The 2020 COVID pandemic further ignited violence within the schools and a rise in teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Teacher Attitudes, School Safety, Weapons
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Weiler, Spencer C.; Skousen, Jacob D.; Kopanke, Jason; Cornelius, Luke – Journal of School Violence, 2021
The issue of school safety is of paramount concern but what is lacking is clarity on the best course of action aimed at bolstering safety in public schools. We sought to answer the following research questions: What topics are addressed in school board policies related to arming employees? What outlying policy topics are addressed in school board…
Descriptors: School Safety, Violence, Weapons, School Districts
Steele, Joby B. – ProQuest LLC, 2016
In this quantitative study, the perceptions of safety and preparedness of Missouri's high school administrators after participating in active shooter training as mandated by Missouri's Senate Bill No. 75 were analyzed. As school shootings continue, states have passed legislation to prepare schools to provide safety for students and faculty members…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Administrator Attitudes, State Legislation, School Safety
Konkel, Jeff – Techniques: Connecting Education and Careers (J3), 2007
The shadow of the Twin Towers will never again stretch across the streets of lower Manhattan, but the shadow of September 11 continues to loom large both in New York and around the globe. In many ways, the events of that day are directly responsible for the latest technical program offering at two high schools in Missouri's St. Louis County. In…
Descriptors: Weapons, Terrorism, Special Schools, National Security