school safety

State investigators have substantiated more than 1,600 instances of corporal punishment in New York schools over the last five years, The Times Union in Albany reported Sunday.

The City of Bridgeport will install cameras on the outside of every school bus to detect unsafe drivers and record their license plates.

Since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, Connecticut school districts have been required to file annual two-page reports indicating they have conducted lockdown drills — but more than a dozen districts have failed to file the report even once.

Suffolk County will initiate new active shooter training for local schools.

The extra law enforcement is in response to social media posts that have gone viral nationwide, warning of shootings or bomb threats that target schools.

Suffolk County plans to slash its police budget by $20 million if it doesn’t receive more federal funding.County Executive Steve Bellone said that means…

Among this week’s Emmy nominees is a PSA from Sandy Hook Promise. The advocacy group was formed in the aftermath of the 2012 Newtown school shooting.The…

Suffolk County launched a school safety initiative that will share live security camera footage with police in active shooter situations.The footage will…

In the wake of school shootings such as Parkland and Sandy Hook, one Connecticut school district has hired armed security guards to protect…

Sandy Hook Promise, an advocacy group formed after the 2012 school shooting in Newtown, released a new public service announcement this week. It’s told…