School security isn’t simply a matter of creating a safe and secure campus perimeter and single point of public entry; it’s about fostering community and placemaking, empowering ownership and promoting positive interactions.
Today’s teachers and students aren’t tethered to a wall by technology. Nor do they embrace a traditional, one-sided classroom. New pedagogies and learning styles — i.e., visual, kinetic, contemplative and collaborative — are shaping not only the way teachers teach, but the way we design the spaces in which education flourishes.
Campus safety could not be a timelier topic, from elementary school and high school to college and university campuses.
CollegeStats.org released its 2016 College Campus Safety Page Rankings study.
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Guns and intruders are not the only causes for concern when it comes to student safety. Two students at North Junior High School in St. Cloud recently devised an improvement plan that would help increase safety at a busy intersection near the school — and won the approval of the St. Cloud City Council.
