Collaborating for Safer Schools

"Efforts to keep students safe extend beyond school walls - both in the real world and online. Today, it's common for K-12 schools to coordinate physical and digital security efforts with local law enforcement, first responders and other community organizations. More than two-thirds of first responders report collaborating with school districts on safety, training, planning or other activities, according to a 2018 Center for Digital Education (CDE) survey of 290 K-12 education leaders and public safety officials.

"In many places, both emergency planning efforts and personnel like school resource officers are benefiting from new practices, such as sharing video from security cameras, messaging and communication technologies, and collaboration on training. This white paper explores opportunities and challenges with these partnerships and identifies strategies to improve collaboration between K-12 schools and their communities to keep students and staff safe and campuses secure."

The Center for Digital Education recently collaborated with The Governing Institute to offer this white paper, "Collaborating for Safer Schools."

To access a copy of the document, please visit:

Center for Digital Education: Collaborating for Safer Schools

Background information:

Center for Digital Education