On Tuesday, a gunman murdered 19 children and two adults when he opened fire at a Texas elementary school. The horrific act of violence offered a stark reminder of the realities all kids face in their ...

As the school year meanders to a close, now is a good time for education departments across the land to make policy changes for the next year. One urgent step should be ending the insane lockdown ...

Last week, a picture of a little blond girl, about 3 years old, standing on a toilet circulated on social media. Her mother, Stacey Feeley, had shared the picture on Facebook and explained that she’d ...

Since 1999, there have been 386 school shootings. Forty-six in 2022 alone. It’s a devastating and sobering number — one most of us can’t wrap our heads around as we prepare to send our tweens and ...

Heidi Lee Pottinger’s 5-year-old son was at a football game last fall with his father when, following a touchdown, celebratory fireworks rocketed into the sky. Panicked by the popping sounds, the ...

There’s always at least one kid in tears, as they huddle under their desks in the dark. Still Beth Manias, an early-elementary literacy teacher outside of Seattle, tries to act upbeat and relaxed. “I ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- Americans of all ages remember fire drills in school. Most people rarely took them seriously, but kids today face a very different reality. Images from Columbine, Colorado in ...

While school lockdown drills are a fact of life in the nation’s schools, a mental health professional warns that teachers need to keep a close eye on the children as they practice. Jil Hus, a clinical ...

Here’s a memory from my school days that I just can’t seem to forget. From first grade on we were taught so-called air raid drills. We were told to duck under our desks, sit cross-legged on the floor, ...