Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Connecticut senators discussed emergency certification legislation Wednesday. (Dave Zajac/Hearst Connecticut Media) Tucked inside ...

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?

DULUTH, Minn. – A couple of minutes into a recent school lockdown drill, a group of 11th-graders huddled in the back of a darkened classroom in complete silence. The door handle suddenly jiggled, ...

A police officer talks with fourth grade students as they huddle in closet a during a lockdown drill at the St. Bernard School in New Washington, Ohio. Credit: AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File “Get down!” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Schools in the UK say they are having to take it upon themselves to bring in American-style lockdown drills in response to rising ...

Children as young as five are being asked to carry out lockdown drills in Scottish schools to prepare for intruders and potential threats. The American-style exercises are taking place in primary and ...