Preemption not reaction: districts must take steps to ward off threats to school security, rather than responding to them once they occur, when it may already be too late.(COMMENTARY)
Publication Date: 01-OCT-07
Publication Title: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education)
Format: Online
Author: Jensen, Ralph C. ; Fletcher, Geoffrey H.

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IF SCHOOL TRAGEDIES can teach us one thing, it's that students are vulnerable and deserve the best protection possible. Districts must realize that school violence can happen anywhere at any time. From the country's smallest rural districts to the overflowing campuses in big cities--and even in kindergarten classrooms and elementary schools--preparations must be taken.

Threats can come in many forms. While older students face a...



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