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When the Snowflake-Taylor police department in the high desert of Arizona conducted an active shooter drill at Snowflake High School in October 2024, students didn’t take it seriously, says police ...

Schools are grappling with how to prepare students for the possibility of gun violence without traumatizing them. Lockdown drills are a fact of life in U.S. schools. What does that mean for students?

Since the start of the school year, there have been more than 70 shootings on campuses across the U.S., according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. That level of violence is why educators in the U ...