UPDATE 2/26/2025: This article, first published in 2020, has been updated by the author to include several developments within the industry that have made some of the previous information out-of-date.

Some of the older schools in California have outdated locks that force teachers to step outside of their classroom to lock the door.Rocklin High School is facing that same problem, teacher Louise ...

An Arkansas teacher's footage of her school's newest safety measure against shootings has provoked a mournful outcry online. "This got installed on my classroom door," said teacher Madi, showing a ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Following last month’s tragic shooting at Florida State University (FSU), which left two people dead and six injured, students are raising their voices for immediate campus safety ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — School safety has been a hot topic over the past few months, including in the Charleston County School District. Leaders with the district are considering changing locks on ...

PHOENIX — It's one of the simplest lines of defense if an intruder gets into your child's school - a locked door. The easiest way to make sure it's in place is if a teacher can lock it from the inside ...

MSU Infrastructure Planning and Facilities installed hundreds of new classroom door locks over the summer. This latest update marks the end of a year-and-a-half long lock installation process prompted ...

Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Wednesday returned to a more secure campus as they began their first new school year since a gunman killed 17 people in the freshman building. But some ...

A school in Rocklin has locks that force teachers to step outside their classroom to lock the door, but this isn’t unique to the school. Hundreds of schools across California have similar locks.

Michigan State University will add locks to more than 1,300 classroom doors by fall as part of a sweeping plan to improve campus safety in the aftermath of a shooting that claimed the lives of three ...