Schoolchildren may have to duck and cover, hide in closets, fight back, or even jump out windows. The ramifications of these drills in preparation for potential violence can come with a high cost ...

Duck and cover drills began when the U.S. feared a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union. Emergency preparedness programs were created and drills were practiced across America.

The drills join a host of new school security measures that include an increased police presence, cameras, see-through backpacks, additional vigilance for troubled students and the emergency ...

"Duck and cover" drills of the 1950s taught a generation of American children to hide under their desks with the idea it would protect them in the event of a nuclear bomb dropped on or near their ...

U.S. citizens are inching closer to DEFCON 1, seemingly unaware and unmoved by the looming threat of nuclear annihilation. Between our past of “duck-and-cover” drills and the chilling history ...

What has, apparently, made a comeback is a modern “ duck and cover.” Remember that? When I was a kid, we had atomic bomb drills and hid under desks or went to a special basement hallway that ...