- In Minnesota, teachers from the Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District are taking part in a four-week Teachers Academy with local law enforcement authorities. The program is meant to give educators preparedness for school violence. The sessions cover topics from the use of force to surveying a building for suspects.
- In New York City, law enforcement officials are expressing concerns over the decision by the Department of Education to remove metal detectors from some of the 80 schools that use the devices. During the 2013-2014 academic year, the NYPD reported that 1,200 firearms, knives, box cutters and other weapons were confiscated at schools.
- In Kentucky, a report by the Office of Education Accountability revealed that bullying incidents in Kentucky schools have more than tripled since 2012.
- In California, Peninsula (Palos Verdes) school officials canceled the remainder of the football season because of safety concerns at the same time that Oregon state officials are meeting to consider changing the rules of the game of football.