Joanne JacobsJun 10, 20221 minStates limit ‘active shooter’ drills“Active shooter drills” terrify students, but do they make them any safer? Photo: Education Week When schools do fire drills, they don’t...
Joanne JacobsMay 26, 20222 minThe making of a mass murdererThe shooter in the Uvalde, Texas school massacre was “a lonely 18-year-old who was bullied over a childhood speech impediment, suffered...
Joanne JacobsMay 14, 20221 minShe watched kids play — security was calledLenore Skenazy was walking by an elementary school in Queens, when she saw kids playing hopscotch, just as she used to do, and paused to...
Joanne JacobsSep 4, 20181 minBack to school — nervouslyNotebooks, pencils, ruler, bulletproof backpack panel . . . Sales are up for “ballistic protection” for schoolchildren, reports Kevin...