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Violent threats and incidents have become a seemingly daily occurrence in U.S. schools, especially since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. According to The Educator’s School Safety Network, the Parkland school shooting...

In her book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Diane Ravitch reminds us of our tendency to reach for non-existent silver bullets when educating our children.
As we regroup in the aftermath of Parkland, we see that tendency again—this time, on the issue of school safety....

K-12 schools are changing.
But, then, you knew that.
The rise of education technology, along with the expansion of school choice and other competing brands of schooling, are redefining how K-12 administrators approach their work.

Donna Grattino, Transportation Director, Douglas County School District
Emails. Phone calls. Face-to-face meetings. Facebook. Twitter. Voicemails. In any school district, these inbound communications are constant—and difficult to keep track of.
This was a challenge Douglas County School District’s transportation department grappled with every day. The Colorado district, which is nestled between Denver and Colorado Springs, serves more than 68,000 students across 850 square miles, making it...