NEWS & ANALYSIS

Guns on Campus: To Carry or Not to Carry

Aug 05, 2011 -After a campus shooting—especially a mass shooting as occurred at Virginia Tech in 2007—there are suggestions that if students or faculty had been armed, they could have defended themselves. Others see the mixture of concealed carry of firearms and campus life as a recipe for disaster.

GAO Issues Report on Sexual Abuse of Kids in K-12 Schools

Dec 23, 2010 -Schools across the country have hired people who have sexually exploited or targeted children in the past, according to a Government Accountability Office report.

Pakistan Shuts Down Schools After Suicide Bombings, Increases Security Amid Terrorism Fears

Oct 22, 2009 -The Pakistani government has closed the country's schools to protect educational institutions after twin suicide bombings ripped through the International Islamic University (IIU) earlier this week.

Philadelphia-Area Schools Invest in Sex Offender Screening Software

Sep 29, 2009 -School districts in the Philadelphia area are installing a visitor tracking software solution to screen out sex offenders and other undesireables to prevent them from gaining access to their school buildings' hallways and classrooms, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer.

86 Percent of Public Schools Reported Crimes in '05-'06 School Year

Apr 22, 2009 -Eighty-six percent of public schools reported at least one or more crimes in the 2005-2006 school year, according to new statistics on indicators of school crime and safety.

Man with Painted Face Kills Two Babies and One Adult at Belgium Nursery

Jan 23, 2009 -A man with a painted white face and blackened eyes walked into a Belgian nursery today and slaughtered two children and one adult with a knife, according to various media reports.

Virginia Tech Victim Was Decapitated, Say Police

Jan 22, 2009 -What was originally reported as a stabbing death at Virginia Tech has turned into something much more gruesome: the killer, Haiyang Zhu, decapitated his fellow female graduate student with a kitchen knife.

Another Murder at Virginia Tech; Mass Notification System Successful

Jan 22, 2009 -Nearly two years after the massacre at Virginia Tech, another violent tragedy has struck the Blacksburg, Virginia, campus.

Virginia Tech Massacre Leads to New Safety Nets on Campuses

Apr 16, 2008 -Campuses have strengthened or created behavioral threat assessment teams to identify students who pose a risk to themselves or others in an effort to prevent bloodshed on campus.

Murders at Schools Drop

Jan 19, 2008 -School associated homicides account for less than 1 percent of all murders in the same age group.
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