ESSN data in Newsweek
ESSN research in TIME magazine
Amanda Klinger quoted in Blount Co. Daily times
However, she said, educators make thousands of decisions every day and must be trained to consider safety in every thing they do so they are prepared to handle any type of crisis.
She noted one school system that includes five minutes of safety discussion at every staff meeting.
“School safety is an education issue that happens to involve safety,” Klinger said, not a law enforcement issue that happens to occur in a school.
Dr. Amy Klinger quoted in the Washington Post
Amanda Klinger quoted by KPIC
Dr. Amy Klinger and Amanda Klinger quoted in Kansas City star
ESSN data in the Portland Press-Herald
ESSN data in the tri-city herald
ESSN data in the NY daily news
Amanda Klinger on KTVU
Amanda Klinger on WGN
Dr. Amy Klinger in Emergency Management Magazine
Dr. Amy Klinger in the Independent (UK)
Dr. Amy Klinger in the LA Times
Klinger said more guns on campus can lead to more accidental shootings, including two earlier this month in Minnesota and Florida, and it's unreasonable to expect even armed staff on large campuses to be able to stop a mass shooter.
"We need to train our teachers how to identify these people. People don't want to hear that — they want a quick fix," she said.
Dr. Amy Klinger in the Des Moines Register
"There’s always a copycat echo situation, but this is significantly higher than what you would expect," Klinger said.
Iowa isn't alone in the increase of school threats. Across the United States, since Feb. 15, at least 600 threats and incidents have occurred, according to Educator's Safety School Network. The organization tallies an "incident" when a student actually brings a weapon to school or breaks into a building.
ESSN data in the Calgary Sun
Amanda Klinger, Esq. quote on Wisconsin public radio
Amanda Klinger, Esq. quoted in the Houston Chronicle
Amanda Klinger, Esq. quoted by The News & Observer
School shootings commonly lead to copycat threats, said Amanda Klinger, director of operations for the Educator’s School Safety Network, an Ohio-based group that tracks school threats. The number of school threats has jumped from an average of 10 a school day nationally to more than 50 a day since the Florida shooting, Klinger said, adding that the actual number of threats is likely much higher.