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Dec 23, 2025

Comparing Training Ammunition Options for Firing Ranges: Life-Cycle Costs, Market Trends, and Purchasing Strategies

The authors assess the benefits and costs of lead-free reduced-hazard training ammunition (RHTA) and lead training ammunition based on market conditions and firing range maintenance practices and offer strategies to ensure supplies and lower prices.
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Dec 17, 2025

Priority Recommendations for Puerto Rico to Promote Well-Being and Economic Growth

This report summarizes what Puerto Rico can do to leverage efforts to rebuild after Hurricanes Irma and Maria for social and economic benefits in its energy, economy, health care, education, public safety, and emergency preparedness sectors.
Research

Dec 17, 2025

Accelerating Puerto Rico's Disaster Recovery: A Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations

At the current pace, Puerto Rico's recovery from the 2017 hurricanes will not finish until 2051. The authors provide a clear assessment of the challenges and recommendations for policies and actions to accelerate the recovery.
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Nov 12, 2025

The State of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in K–12 Public Schools

School violence and threats remain a significant concern in education. Data from a survey of school leaders show how schools are implementing and using behavioral threat assessment and management programs as part of their violence prevention efforts.
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Oct 2, 2025

Bolstering Responses to Natural Disasters - A Discussion with Experts

In this webinar, RAND experts present the Recovery Tracking Tool, designed to improve disaster recovery transparency and resource allocation. A live demo shows how its insights can help stakeholders accelerate and strengthen recovery initiatives.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Are Active Shooter Drills in K–12 Schools Aligned with Best Practices? Insights from Recent Surveys of Educators

Researchers used RAND Survey Panels to understand how schools implement active shooter drills and educators’ perceptions of how these drills affect educators’ and students’ feelings of preparedness and safety at school.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Artificially Intelligent Bullies: Dealing with Deepfakes in K–12 Schools

In an October 2024 survey, 13 percent of K–12 school principals reported incidents of bullying involving deepfakes generated with artificial intelligence tools during the past two school years. Incidents were most common in middle and high schools.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Addressing the Fear of School Violence Is Its Own Policy Challenge

New survey data gathered from the RAND Survey Panels reveal a striking gap between the perceptions of school leaders and the experiences of youth when it comes to reporting threats in order to ensure school safety.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Understanding School Safety Trends: Insights for a Safer Future

This report provides a snapshot of what is known — and what the data reveal — about the state of school safety across the United States, according to thousands of educators who have participated in RAND Survey Panels in recent years.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Building More Trust in School Threat Reporting

New survey data gathered from the RAND Survey Panels reveal a striking gap between the perceptions of school leaders and the experiences of youth when it comes to reporting threats in order to ensure school safety.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Protecting Schools Virtually: Cybersecurity and Threats on K–12 School Computer Systems

According to an October 2024 RAND survey of a nationally representative sample of K–12 school principals, 60 percent reported that their schools experienced at least one cybersecurity incident during the 2023–2024 and 2024–2025 school years.
Research

Sep 11, 2025

Understanding Building Code Adoption and Enforcement Challenges: Insights from Authorities Having Jurisdiction

This study investigates the challenges and successes to the adoption and enforcement of modern building codes.

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Comparing Training Ammunition Options for Firing Ranges: Life-Cycle Costs, Market Trends, and Purchasing Strategies

Priority Recommendations for Puerto Rico to Promote Well-Being and Economic Growth

Accelerating Puerto Rico's Disaster Recovery: A Synthesis of Findings and Recommendations

The State of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in K–12 Public Schools

Bolstering Responses to Natural Disasters - A Discussion with Experts

Are Active Shooter Drills in K–12 Schools Aligned with Best Practices? Insights from Recent Surveys of Educators

Artificially Intelligent Bullies: Dealing with Deepfakes in K–12 Schools

Addressing the Fear of School Violence Is Its Own Policy Challenge

Understanding School Safety Trends: Insights for a Safer Future

Building More Trust in School Threat Reporting

Protecting Schools Virtually: Cybersecurity and Threats on K–12 School Computer Systems

Understanding Building Code Adoption and Enforcement Challenges: Insights from Authorities Having Jurisdiction

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