NY Bans Realistic Active Shooter Drills

(from CNN) New York, home of the nation’s largest school district, is banning realistic active shooter drills, following years of activism by parents and lawmakers who say the drills traumatize children, normalize violence and do little to prepare students for the unlikely possibility of a school shooting. New rules require schools to use “trauma informed” and “age appropriate” methods in drills and bans the use of any actors, props or tactics depicting violence when school is in session.

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