While several states are taking the next steps to standardize safer school design, most of the proposed or passed laws focus on hardening the building’s exterior. Requiring bullet- or ...

Often safer school design conjures images of school buildings that use advanced technology and building materials to deter, delay and deny violent intruders, from state-of-the-art surveillance systems ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.