School Violence

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Sep 18, 2024

The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office conducts an active shooter drill at Mill Creek Middle School in Woodstock, Georgia, on June 8, 2022, photo by Jason Getz/TNS/Abaca Press via Reuters

Teachers' Experiences with School Violence and Lockdown Drills: Findings from a 2023 American Teacher Panel Survey

To better understand what U.S. public school teachers think about school safety in general and active shooter drills in particular, RAND researchers administered a survey to a randomly selected sample of 1,020 kindergarten through grade 12 teachers.

Report

Apr 10, 2024

Group of elementary school students crossing the street to get on a school bus, photo by martinedoucet/Getty Images

Developing Practical Responses to Social Media Threats Against K–12 Schools: An Overview of Trends, Challenges, and Current Approaches

The authors address the challenges posed by a significant increase in anonymous social media–based threats against K–12 schools in the United States and consider best-practice responses.

Journal Article

Sep 11, 2023

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The Thin Blue Line in Schools: New Evidence on School-Based Policing Across the U.S.

We find that school resource officers reduce some forms of violence, but do not prevent gun-related incidents. We also find that SROs intensify the use of suspension, expulsion, police referral, and arrest of students.

Report

May 31, 2023

White roses and an American flag are seen in a memorial outside Robb Elementary, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, in Uvalde, Texas, November 29, 2022, photo by Marco Bello/Reuters

Teachers' Views on School Safety: Consensus on Many Security Measures, But Stark Division About Arming Teachers

RAND researchers used survey responses from the American Teacher Panel to learn what teachers think about school safety, including what they think about policies that would allow teachers to carry firearms in schools.

Report

Aug 25, 2022

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Supporting Threat Reporting to Strengthen School Safety: Findings from the Literature and Interviews with Stakeholders Across the K–12 School Community

This report describes threat reporting models available to U.S. kindergarten through 12th-grade schools and how school leaders can support individuals' decisions to report threats effectively.

Tool

May 31, 2022

Law enforcement officers stand near the site of a shooting at a gun store in Metairie, Louisiana, February 20, 2021, photo by Catherine Koppel/Reuters

Mass Attacks Defense Toolkit

RAND researchers created this tool to advance efforts to prevent and reduce intentional, interpersonal firearm violence and public mass attacks in the United States.

Tool

Dec 22, 2021

Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) for American Indian Youth

The Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in Schools (CBITS) program helps students exposed to traumatic events who are experiencing emotional or behavioral problems. This tool is an adaptation of the CBITS program for American Indian youth.

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