The January 15 volcanic eruption near Tonga was a stark reminder of the threats posed by tsunamis. That's long been a concern in the Pacific Northwest, where thousands of students go to school within reach of a large tsunami.Read More
How's this for emergency preparedness? An elementary school located in the tsunami inundation zone in Cannon Beach, Oregon, has equipped every student with a personal disaster survival kit.Read More
School shootings have become a tragic reality of modern American life. How can school administrators prepare for the worst-case scenario?Read More
Toppenish is one of just a few districts in the state of Washington in which armed administrators walk the grounds.Read More
The Trump administration's school safety commission held its first public listening session June 6, a day after the panel's chair, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, told lawmakers on Capitol Hill that the commission wouldn't focus on guns. DeVos didn't attend the listening session. She was in Switzerland.Read More
Massive crowds descended upon Washington, D.C., and across the nation Saturday to march for gun control in the U.S., galvanized by the deadly shooting at a high school in Parkland, Fla., last month.Read More
People from across the Northwest in Yakima, Richland / Tri Cities, Seattle, Salem, Tacoma, Moscow, Idaho, Olympia, Portland, Eugene, Spokane, and elsewhere in the Northwest joined the nationwide March For Our Lives against gun violence on Saturday, March 24.Read More
Wednesday morning, March 14, students at schools across the country -- including Washington, Oregon and Idaho -- will walk out of their classrooms. The plan is for them to leave school — or at least gather in the hallway — for 17 minutes. That's one minute for each of the victims in last month's school shooting in Parkland, Fla. The walkout has galvanized teens nationwide Read More
