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Keeping students safe is a growth industry struggling to fulfill its mission

  • Written by John S. Carlson, Professor of School Psychology, Licensed Psychologist, Health Service Psychologist, Nationally Certified School Psychologist, Michigan State University
Public schools around the nation, like this one in Beverly Hills, California, are spending more on security.AP Photo/Richard Vogel

In the 25 years I’ve spent working as a school psychologist and professor of school psychology, I’ve never seen so much federal, state and local money spent to “harden” school buildings and...

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