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Ransomware attacks are one of the biggest threats on the radar to businesses, from healthcare to QSR, especially since the several high-profile attacks in the last year. One of the most at-risk industries is education; primary school and colleges have been heavily impacted by ransomware threats as they often don’t have the infrastructure to stop or Read more
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School Cybersecurity Strategies as Ransomware Attacks Hit 56% of K-12
Ransomware attacks are one of the biggest threats on the radar to businesses, from healthcare to QSR, especially since the several high-profile attacks in the last year. One of the Read more
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All-Encompassing Crisis Systems to Improve School Safety
Crisis communications include everything from the initial reports to the recovery.
Secure and refurbished buildings are the first systems for maintaining safe schools.
Schools can be a Read more
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6 Ways Teachers Can Combat Learning Loss for Multilingual Learners
There are 4.9 Million Multilingual Learners in the United States
If you are a multilingual teacher, you have made it through one of the most challenging Read more
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How Improving Door Security Can Help Protect Schools
With every school shooting that occurs within the United States questions around security arise. How do we, as a society, protect our children when they are at school? How do we Read more
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Communication Through Crisis: How to Talk to Children About School Shootings
With two mass shootings in the news within days of each other, it is difficult to avoid the information about such violence. According to AP News, the devastation of the Uvalde, Texas, school Read more
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What Does it Mean to Have ‘Trauma-Informed’ and ‘Age-Appropriate’ Safety Drills?
In school security news, governors in New Jersey, Texas, and Washington state recently signed legislation with specific active shooter drill parameters. “These states have taken Read more
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How Card Issuers and Merchants Maneuvered One Year of Mastercard’s Magstripe Phase Out
August 13, 2022
Coming up on one year from the official announcement, retailers and card issuers rejoiced at Mastercard’s announcement that by 2024, issuers will no longer be required to use magnetic stripes on their Read more
DeLorean is Back…Actually They Never Left Us!
August 12, 2022
The forthcoming debut of the latest DeLorean iteration is discussed on the latest episode of “Are We There Yet?”. Host Grant Harrell talked with the automaker’s Chief Marketing Officer, Troy Beetz, Read more
How Teach for America Brings Diversity in Education to Houston Schools
August 12, 2022
Teach for America has been a cornerstone in creating more educators for the nation. The nonprofit founded in 1989 operates in more than two dozen regions across the country and introduces commitment Read more
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School Cybersecurity Strategies as Ransomware Attacks Hit 56% of K-12
August 2, 2022
Ransomware attacks are one of the biggest threats on the radar to businesses, from healthcare to QSR, especially since the several high-profile attacks in the last year. One of the most at-risk industries is education; primary school and colleges have been heavily impacted by ransomware threats as they often don’t have the infrastructure to stop or Read more
All-Encompassing Crisis Systems to Improve School Safety
July 19, 2022
Crisis communications include everything from the initial reports to the recovery.
Secure and refurbished buildings are the first systems for maintaining safe schools.
Schools can be a hub in the aftermath of natural disasters.
As far as public safety, schools must consider a multi-layered approach to crisis communications. Adam Coughran refers to Read more
6 Ways Teachers Can Combat Learning Loss for Multilingual Learners
July 12, 2022
There are 4.9 Million Multilingual Learners in the United States
If you are a multilingual teacher, you have made it through one of the most challenging times in history as an educator. Although the pandemic brought on trying times in education, there are always silver linings in problematic situations.
During Covid, Read more
How Improving Door Security Can Help Protect Schools
June 30, 2022
With every school shooting that occurs within the United States questions around security arise. How do we, as a society, protect our children when they are at school? How do we ensure that in an active shooter situation, they are safe? The June 2022 active shooter school events in Uvalde, Texas, and Duncanville, Texas raised more questions and Read more
Communication Through Crisis: How to Talk to Children About School Shootings
May 27, 2022
With two mass shootings in the news within days of each other, it is difficult to avoid the information about such violence. According to AP News, the devastation of the Uvalde, Texas, school attack killed 19 children and two teachers. Seventeen individuals were wounded before the gunman was taken down. This event is distressing, and it may be even more so for Read more
What Does it Mean to Have ‘Trauma-Informed’ and ‘Age-Appropriate’ Safety Drills?
May 10, 2022
In school security news, governors in New Jersey, Texas, and Washington state recently signed legislation with specific active shooter drill parameters. “These states have taken a stance on what they believe should and should not be included in active shooter drills in schools,” said Adam Coughran.
“While the language is a bit different, all Read more
School Shootings: Threat Assessment and Developing Community Response
April 20, 2022
The Sacramento, California mass shooting at the beginning of April 2022 left six people dead and a dozen others wounded. It’s not the first mass shooting this year, nor will it be the last. Adam Coughran, President of Safe Kids Inc., knows the importance of keeping up to date on safety protocols and understanding existing threats.
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Who is Responsible When a Child Commits an Act of School Violence?
April 7, 2022
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Parents potentially face criminal charges for their children’s behavior.
Behavioral threat assessments are a valuable tool in creating safe schools.
Schools and parents need to work together to identify and help children in crisis.
School shootings have become increasingly common in the US. And after a brief reprieve Read more
MarketScale Announces the Return of DisruptED
April 6, 2022
MarketScale is excited to announce the return of podcast series DisruptED with hosts Ron Stefanski and Caesar Mickens Jr., Ph.D starting Tuesday April 12th, 2022.
“DisruptED” is a podcast that understands the reality we live in. Thoughtful, riveting, and uplifting, the show centers on the disruption caused by the pandemic, technology, Read more