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After a shooting in Georgia, lawmaker wants Ohio to require panic buttons in schools
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Republican state lawmaker is proposing a bill to require panic buttons in schools, as were used at a high school in Georgia where… Read More
False calls about active school shooters are rising. Behind them is a strange pattern
By: Odette Yousef | NPR
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (NPR) — When Emmi Conley first heard in September about a rash of hoax calls reporting active shooters in schools, she dismissed it. Conley, an extremism researcher who… Read More
DeWine says school safety issues go beyond shootings
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Gov. Mike DeWine touted a “holistic” approach to protecting students and said — without dismissing shootings — that the issue of school safety is… Read More
In Uvalde, he lost 11 students and was badly wounded. Now he looks for a path forward
By: Claudia Grisales | NPR
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Updated July 10, 2022 at 8:01 AM ET UVALDE, Texas (NPR) — On a recent evening, family and friends are coming and going from the green apple-colored Uvalde home of… Read More
To Prevent School Shootings, Districts Are Surveilling Students’ Online Lives
By: Anya Kamenetz | Jessica Bakeman | NPR
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More and more schools are investing in technologies that scan social media posts, school assignments and even student emails for potential threats. Privacy experts say the trade-offs aren’t worth it.
School Shooters: What’s Their Path To Violence?
By: Rhitu Chatterjee | NPR
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Psychologists and the FBI say they are getting a better understanding of the mix of factors that lead some kids to open fire on a classroom. The shooting can be an act of desperation fueled by anger.
The School Shootings That Weren’t
By: Anya Kamenetz | Alexis Arnold | Emily Cardinali | NPR
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The federal government said schools reported 235 shootings in one school year. But an NPR investigation finds that more than two-thirds of these reported incidents never happened.
Students Push As Lawmakers Ponder Gun Safety Bills
By: Nicole Erwin | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In a recently released court video, Capt. Matt Hilbrecht of the Marshall County, Kentucky, Sheriff’s office testifies about his interrogation of Gabriel Parker, the 15-year-old accused of a mass shooting at… Read More
Stopping School Shootings: Researcher Says Compassionate Culture Can Help
By: Glynis Board | Ohio Valley ReSource
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In the wake of school shootings in Kentucky and Florida, a rash of copycat school threats throughout the Ohio Valley left law enforcement and school officials grappling with how to… Read More