UPDATE 2/26/2025: This article, first published in 2020, has been updated by the author to include several developments within the industry that have made some of the previous information out-of-date.

The moment she heard the first pops of gunfire, the teacher knew what she had to do: She needed to make sure that her classroom door was locked. But at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, that ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — School safety has been a hot topic over the past few months, including in the Charleston County School District. Leaders with the district are considering changing locks on ...

RAYTOWN, Mo. — About a quarter of classroom doors in the U.S. are unable to lock from the inside, according to a 2020 survey from the National Center for Education Statistics. It was one of the many ...

New security measures will be in place when students and teachers return to school in Collinsville. The district spent the summer adding additional protection in the case of an active shooter on ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The University of Indianapolis is launching a new safety initiative to better protect every classroom door on campus. The “NIGHTLOCK” door stoppers are a small metal plate that slides ...

ZeroNow has released comprehensive guidelines outlining basic physical security capabilities it says should be required in every K-12 school environment. The organization identifies two critical ...

In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, many universities are reportedly re-evaluating how best to warn their large student populations about emergencies on the campus, and many are moving toward ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Locking classroom doors is common practice in Palm Beach County public schools, but WPTV has uncovered there are a handful of classroom doors that don't lock. Now the school ...

Baltimore City Public Schools’ plan to revamp thousands of classroom and office doors that only lock from the outside is a sensible security maneuver, experts said. But they noted the district’s ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Imagine there was a gunman inside your child's school and a door was the only thing between him and your kid. Round after round, he shoots, but can't get in. That's because the ...

As recommended by the Partner Alliance for Safer Schools (PASS) and other organizations, a multilayered approach to safer school design provides multiple fail safes and time barriers to maximize the ...