School crisis planning tackles a few broad categories: site assessment, crisis planning and practice. It’s a big [...]
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Refugee Camp Design
I had a thought in the middle of the night, perhaps an epiphany, about where we’re going [...]
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Bad Evacuation Maps
As a safe school design inspector I’ve looked at hundreds of schools all across the United States, [...]
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Shelbyville School Security
When it comes to going all out with school security technology, Shelbyville, Indiana has come up with [...]
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School planning tips 2018
KEY POINTS ON SCHOOL SECURITY 2018 It's that time again -- with a rash of school shootings this [...]
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WAYS YOU CAN HELP SYRIAN REFUGEES IN GREECE
I was able to visit with programs serving refugees in Athens and the island of Chios, Greece [...]
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U.S. turning its back on desperate refugees
(This article originally appeared in the Register-Guard newspaper, March 14, 2017) I’ll be landing in Greece toward the [...]
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The Keeper
In whitewater rafting there’s a risk of getting sucked into a hole you can’t get out of, [...]
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Schools in Hell
Okay, Purgatory maybe. I haven’t posted for a few months now, while jumping into some significant projects [...]
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Preventing School Shootings – 9 Options and Dilemmas
Every school shooting inspires a slew of broad-brush solutions. Most have something to offer, but none are [...]
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