The Undergraduate Student Government at the University of Minnesota launched a door locking petition Tuesday, calling for every instructional space to be securely locked from inside to help protect ...

UCLA officials are looking to install a system that would lock classroom doors remotely, following last month’s murder-suicide. A committee will decide between different lock systems that would allow ...

In the wake of the Virginia Tech tragedy, many universities are reportedly re-evaluating how best to warn their large student populations about emergencies on the campus, and many are moving toward ...

ARLINGTON, Wash. - They come standard in every school building, but in the debate over campus safety, districts are split on whether or not to use the locks on classroom doors. Arlington Public ...

UPDATE 2/26/2025: This article, first published in 2020, has been updated by the author to include several developments within the industry that have made some of the previous information out-of-date.

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In wake of incidents like the Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech shootings that ...

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — A new mandate in Palm Beach County public schools will require all classroom doors to be locked when school is in session. WPTV first reported in June that a handful of ...

LOS ANGELES – When an active-shooter alert spread across the UCLA campus Wednesday, some students found themselves in a frightening predicament: They were told to go into lockdown, but they couldn’t ...

Students made barricades to help protect themselves. — -- Some students at UCLA were forced to create makeshift barricades because they were unable to lock classroom doors Wednesday when the ...

Behind a locked classroom door, a Los Angeles third-grade teacher purportedly committed lewd acts against students. The charges spurred demands for classrooms to remain open during the school day. But ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Locking classroom doors is common practice in Palm Beach County public schools, but WPTV has uncovered there are a handful of classroom doors that don't lock. Now the school ...

Robb Elementary School, in Uvalde, Texas, where a shooter killed 21 people in May, had problems with locks on both interior classroom doors and entrances and exits to the school building, according to ...