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Teachers unions express opposition to active shooter drills

by Associated Press
| February 11, 2020 12:30 PM

The nation's two largest teachers unions want schools to revise or eliminate active shooter drills, asserting Tuesday that they can harm students' mental health and that there are better ways to prepare for the possibility of a school shooting.

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