- In Houston, Texas, students at Jack Yates Senior High School say their campus is not safe and felt compelled to do something. So they staged a walkout to emphasize their request for two additional police officers on the campus.
- In Maryland, a Baltimore County legislator, is hoping his bill to put an armed officer in every public school will prevent a shooting like the ones at Columbine or Sandy Hook.
- In Indiana, the South Bend school board’s safety committee recommended that the practice of student ticketing continue. The biggest disruption in the schools is physical violence. This recommendation affirms an earlier conclusion reached by the committee that the citations are an effective deterrent.
- The U.S. Department of Education has released a new guide for educators on ways to identify and help prevent child trafficking in schools. The guide includes information about risk factors, recruitment, and how to identify trafficking.