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Education > School Bullying & Violence School violence prevention: How do we keep our children safe?

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The best thing a school can do to keep your children safe is to develop an All-Hazards plan. Schools should not only be prepared for natural disasters such as a fire or tornado, but they should also be prepared for an active shooter or a terrorist threat. Children practice fire drills consistently, but its been decades since a child has died in a school fire. However, children are dieing every year due to the actions of deranged individuals who enter the school.

When looking toward planning for a crisis, schools should refer to the actions in Beslan, Russia. This school, which was taken...

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