Growing legal school safety mandates and proposed consultant/vendor-driven school security “standards” may mean well, but many create unrealistic mandates that are impossible for schools to comply with August 4, 2024 Read More »
Retired? Briefly Hired? Fired? Strategic school safety leaders need to look deeper at job titles used by security vendors August 3, 2024 Read More »
Superintendents can learn a critical school safety lesson from the now-former Secret Service director: You can handle an investigation properly, but you may lose your job if you bungle the communications July 24, 2024 Read More »
From the White House to the schoolhouse, there is no perfect security – but by focusing on human factors, we can reduce risks July 23, 2024 Read More »
School security market data versus independent research data: Strategic school safety leaders need to know the difference July 1, 2024 Read More »
What’s in a title? The masked and misleading titles and biographies of school safety presenters June 11, 2024 Read More »
Panic over panic buttons, guardians galore, and other school safety “legislation by anecdote”: Why lobbying based upon single incidents and high-profile tragedies does not necessarily make good school safety law. June 10, 2024 Read More »
School security is being sold to the highest bidders. Private equity and venture capital investors are hijacking the school safety field. Will a passion for profits overshadow a passion for school safety? April 9, 2024 Read More »
If the school safety presenter at your conference is paid for by a security vendor, will their message be truly independent? School leaders in the audience need to look behind the curtains to learn about the potential wizards in the wings April 9, 2024 Read More »
Exposed emails show a leading AI weapons detection system missed its own test gun “a few times with the cameras rolling” during a media demo in a school district that signed $11 million contract for their systems. But the local news report did not show it missing a gun. Are parents being left in the dark? April 8, 2024 Read More »
Cell phones and school safety: They are often disruptive to the educational process and can create unsafe conditions in an emergency. Yet many students and parents want them. Now, some politicians want to ban their use in schools. April 7, 2024 Read More »
Superintendents, principals and other school leaders share a common struggle: How to communicate with parents about school safety. The good news is we can help them to communicate better. April 1, 2024 Read More »
Are parents a growing school security threat? Parents threatening, attacking students and teachers at schools March 24, 2024 Read More »
The politics of school safety: From “tours” of school mass shooting scenes to statehouse lobbying and your local school district, the politicization of school shootings and school safety may be the very reason progress has stalled, not advanced. March 24, 2024 Read More »
Are leaders of schools with artificial intelligence (AI) weapons detection systems in over their heads? The students entering their buildings certainly are… March 17, 2024 Read More »
