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07/28/2008 - How one school district is improving the grade of its security, starting with its largest high school.

07/28/2008 - An Illinois appellate court has ruled that the parents of a child molested by her school bus driver can proceed with her lawsuit against the school. The school argued that it was not a common carrier and could not, therefore, be held liable for Green’s claims of negligent hiring, assault and battery, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. (Under state law common carriers are liable for the wrongdoing of employees regardless of whether that employee was acting within the scope of employment.) The court ruled that the school was not a common carrier but, because of the special nature of its relationship to students, it owed an even higher duty of care to the plaintiff’s daughter.

05/28/2008 - Learn how one university developed a security master plan to help it meet the evolving needs of new facilities.

05/16/2008 - Eighty-six information security incidents have been reported on college and university networks in the first five-and-a-half months of 2008.

04/29/2008 - The Department of Homeland Security has sponsored a program that teaches high school students how to deal with fires as well as the science behind them.

04/16/2008 - Campuses have strengthened or created behavioral threat assessment teams to identify students who pose a risk to themselves or others in an effort to prevent bloodshed on campus.

03/24/2008 - Universities are using threat assessment teams to help identify at-risk students and keep them from harming themselves or others.Sidebar: Navigating Privacy Protections

03/19/2008 - Representative Bob Etheridge (D-NC) has drafted legislation that explicitly states schools are eligible for homeland security block grants.

03/14/2008 - A law passed by the Oklahoma State House yesterday allows people with training to carry concealed weapons on college campuses.

02/29/2008 - School crime rates are holding steady, a new report informs, after falling for more than a decade.

02/20/2008 - Critics say gun law loopholes allow mentally ill people access to firearms.

02/19/2008 - Funds sought for study to secure open public environments.

02/15/2008 - Yesterday's tragic shooting at Northern Illinois University again highlights the need for schools to have alert plans.