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Practical Strategies for Protecting Schools

By Dr. Amy Burkman Program Director, M.Ed. in Administration and Supervision, American Public University System There has been a movement to arm teachers in the classroom as a knee-jerk reaction to recent violence in schools. There isn’t a worse place for us to put guns! Students have been known to steal money, food, pencils, really anything, from a teacher’s desk.