The issue of school liability is going to be tested more as schools begin reopening and students and teachers return to brick-and-mortar schools. Many education professionals have decried what they see as a lack of clear direction, mandates, or guidelines from national and state leaders about how to keep kids...
Physical and school sexual abuse of students in educational institutions has been a recognized and foreseeable risk and something that all schools, including boarding and prep schools, need to proactively guard against. Boarding schools are responsible for the supervision of students in dorms and outside of the classroom to prevent...
Schools, including public, private, and charter K-12 schools, and colleges and universities, have a responsibility to protect students from physical and emotional harm. Harm that creates a climate of fear can interfere with a student’s education, leading to a range of outcomes from failing courses to, in the worst case,...
Parents send their children to school expecting that their kids will be safe. The parents trust that the school’s staff will act in their place and look out for their children’s welfare in the same way they would. The presence of security guards, school police, or resource officers at the...
Statistically, it’s safer to transport children to and from school by school bus than by car, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Association. But accidents and other bus-related incidents that result in student injury and negligence are frequently causes for litigation and claims regarding negligent hiring of school bus...
A school has a responsibility to protect students from harm. Will arming teachers or placing armed security guards and police in the building make our schools safer and prevent school shootings? There is a great deal of debate as to whether more or different forms of attention to school safety...