ARLINGTON, Wash. - They come standard in every school building, but in the debate over campus safety, districts are split on whether or not to use the locks on classroom doors. Arlington Public ...
Conversations about “hardening” schools resurface after every mass school shooting. And so do questions about how the shooters manage to get into classrooms. There have been 27 school shootings in ...
Each time news breaks of another violent incident at a school, communities are reminded of the vulnerability of students and teachers inside buildings, hiding behind classroom doors. With 2023 and ...
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by the author to include several developments within the industry that have made some of the previous information out-of-date.