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Above The Noise
Do Active Shooter Drills Do More Harm than Good?
Season 3
Episode 8
As active shooter drills become more common in schools, there’s debate over what type of drill is best. Do hyper realistic drills better prepare students, or are they unnecessarily traumatizing? Join students from PBS NewsHour’s student reporting labs as they investigate which kind of drills are most effective.
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