According to a new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), 70 percent of public schools in the U.S. currently exercise some sort of mass shooting drill or training scenario.
This week, in an eagerly anticipated move, the Ohio Senate passed House Bill 48, which removes sweeping restrictions on concealed-carry permit holders in many public buildings.
Administrators at Cedarville University in Ohio become the first in the state to allow law-abiding carry permit holders to carry their self-defense firearms on campus.
Although this month’s event was touted as a way simply to memorialize the 17 students and employees who were murdered at a Parkland, Fla., school, the stage was decidedly one-sided. But far from all students and schools were involved.
The organization will host a workshop to teach how school violence and shootings can be prevented by taking a deeper look at solutions and programs to make schools safer.