The Future of School “Safety”
Mass shootings in 2023 are a reminder of the omnipresent threat to our students in public schools. For years, I had no skin in the game so — to be quite honest — school safety was of little concern to me. When I became a parent and started sending my student to public school in Chicago, that quickly changed. In reflecting on the public reaction to these most recent mass shootings, I see a trend toward public desire for more public…