When Dr. David Schonfeld's daughter came home and told the story of a lockdown drill at school, she talked about making jokes with other students while her class hid in a closet for 30 minutes.

A second attempt at introducing legislation that would have changed how state mandated school safety drills are conducted in Connecticut failed Monday afternoon after strong criticism from ...

Even though school lockdown drills have been a part of American children’s lives now for years — teaching students how to avoid an intruder, how to hide, how to stay quiet despite their fear — we ...

When is practicing readiness for a school shooting too much for kids to handle? That question arose this week at Richmond Consolidated School, as an email to The Eagle stated — incorrectly, it turned ...