The report summarizes research on the effectiveness of two sets of strategies to improve student safety in schools: increasing physical security and building supportive school communities.

By the Learning Policy Institute.

Brief by Deanie Anyangwe and Clarence Okoh of CLASP.

In June 2022, President Biden signed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) into law as a response to a series of recent mass shooting tragedies. The act has generally been upheld as a major legislative victory that addresses gun violence and invests in mental health supports. While the investments in mental health are long overdue, the BSCA simultaneously includes a series of dangerous provisions that will disproportionately expose people who are Black, brown, disabled, and young—as well as those experiencing poverty—to increased criminalization.

By The Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).