Safe Place: How Philly schools are responding to the city’s gun violence crisis

The lab, opening next week, will offer classes to local students in robotics, cyber security, video game design — and of course, golf course management.

The School District of Philadelphia will spend 40% of its reserves in order to avoid budget cuts for one more year. After that, there are no guarantees.

With shootings at recent highs in many American cities, some educators are reconsidering the role schools play in preventing and responding to neighborhood gun violence.