Abbey Clements, a former first grade teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary, has lived through a school shooting. But she’s not enthusiastic about school crisis response drills. Clements, who co-founded the ...

About 96 percent of U.S. Schools require some sort of lockdown drill, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting in Texas, experts suggest ...

Schools are grappling with how to prepare students for the possibility of gun violence without traumatizing them. Lockdown drills are a fact of life in U.S. schools. What does that mean for students?

You feel the weight of a single conversation the moment a child says they never want to go back to school. A mom’s honest explanation of lockdown drills meant to prepare ends up stoking fear, and you ...

DULUTH, Minn. – A couple of minutes into a recent school lockdown drill, a group of 11th-graders huddled in the back of a darkened classroom in complete silence. The door handle suddenly jiggled, ...

Four disconnected 911 calls from a 911-only phone near Aquebogue Elementary activated the March 12 lockdown, police said.

Some parents criticized the move, saying it scared students unnecessarily while other parents were not bothered by the way the drill was handled.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Schools in the UK say they are having to take it upon themselves to bring in American-style lockdown drills in response to rising ...

BALGONIE — White Butte RCMP and local emergency services conducted a preplanned lockdown drill at Greenall High School on the ...

ALBANY — LEGISLATION THAT WOULD REFORM SCHOOLS’ approach to lockdown drills is at the heart of a rally being held this afternoon, May 14, in Albany with two Brooklyn lawmakers. State Senator Andrew ...

In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting, experts suggest more changes to school lockdown drills. The main message: make sure drills are trauma-informed. The National Association of School ...