
States 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 set off smoke bombs. The fad for “active shooter drills” with simulated gunfire has produced pushback, writes Evie Blad in Education Week. Some states are limiting lockdown drills to avoid traumatizing children. “You can prepare your kids for a house fire by telling them where to meet and how to climb out of their windows,” Washington state