Pauline Moore

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Mar 12, 2026

Reality Checking a Major National R&D Investment in AI Trustworthiness, Safety, and Security: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of a $10 Billion Bet on Increasing the Robustness of the United States’ AI Future

The authors use break-even analysis to examine whether a major national investment in artificial intelligence (AI) trustworthiness research and development could be justified across various plausible assumptions about AI risks, benefits, and costs.
Dec 29, 2025

Ensuring the Continuous Improvement of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Programs Over Time: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 5

This working paper examines how schools can sustain and strengthen behavioral threat assessment and management programs through data-driven evaluation, training, and integration with broader student support systems to enhance school safety.
Dec 29, 2025

Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools: Technical Material

This working paper details the research methods used in five working papers focused on understanding how U.S. schools implement behavioral threat assessment and management programs as part of school safety efforts.
Dec 29, 2025

Building Strong Threat Management, Intervention, and Support Systems for K–12 School Safety: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 4

This working paper identifies strategies to improve the management component of school behavioral threat assessment and management efforts, focusing on intervention planning, data use, and monitoring to manage risk and strengthen school safety.
Dec 29, 2025

Implementing Effective Reporting Programs for K–12 School Safety Efforts: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 2

This working paper examines how K–12 schools can design and sustain effective reporting systems within behavioral threat assessment and management programs to identify safety concerns early, improve response, and strengthen violence prevention.
Dec 29, 2025

Best Practices for Rigorous and Fair Behavioral Threat Assessment in K–12 Schools: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 3

This working paper identifies practices to strengthen threat assessment as part of school behavioral threat assessment and management efforts, detailing processes, team structures, and decision criteria that promote effective violence prevention.
Dec 29, 2025

Building Effective Multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 1

This working paper identifies practices for building effective multidisciplinary behavioral threat assessment and management teams in K–12 schools, highlighting strategies to strengthen collaboration and training for sustained violence prevention.
Research

Nov 12, 2025

The State of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in K–12 Public Schools: Findings from a 2025 American School Leader Panel Survey

The authors present a comprehensive look at how schools are implementing and using behavioral threat assessment and management programs as part of their violence prevention efforts, using data from a survey with a national sample of principals.
Research

Oct 7, 2025

Principals See Many Benefits of Cell Phone Policies, but Youth Remain Skeptical: Selected Findings from the American School Leader Panel and the American Youth Panel

In this report, the authors discuss selected findings from surveys of principals and youth about their experiences with cell phone policies in kindergarten through grade 12 schools during the 2024–2025 school year.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Are Active Shooter Drills in K–12 Schools Aligned with Best Practices? Insights from Recent Surveys of Educators

Researchers used RAND Survey Panels to understand how schools implement active shooter drills and educators’ perceptions of how these drills affect educators’ and students’ feelings of preparedness and safety at school.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Artificially Intelligent Bullies: Dealing with Deepfakes in K–12 Schools

In an October 2024 survey, 13 percent of K–12 school principals reported incidents of bullying involving deepfakes generated with artificial intelligence tools during the past two school years. Incidents were most common in middle and high schools.
Research

Sep 24, 2025

Addressing the Fear of School Violence Is Its Own Policy Challenge

New survey data gathered from the RAND Survey Panels reveal a striking gap between the perceptions of school leaders and the experiences of youth when it comes to reporting threats in order to ensure school safety.

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Reality Checking a Major National R&D Investment in AI Trustworthiness, Safety, and Security: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of a $10 Billion Bet on Increasing the Robustness of the United States’ AI Future

Ensuring the Continuous Improvement of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Programs Over Time: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 5

Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools: Technical Material

Building Strong Threat Management, Intervention, and Support Systems for K–12 School Safety: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 4

Implementing Effective Reporting Programs for K–12 School Safety Efforts: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 2

Best Practices for Rigorous and Fair Behavioral Threat Assessment in K–12 Schools: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 3

Building Effective Multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 1

The State of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in K–12 Public Schools: Findings from a 2025 American School Leader Panel Survey

Principals See Many Benefits of Cell Phone Policies, but Youth Remain Skeptical: Selected Findings from the American School Leader Panel and the American Youth Panel

Are Active Shooter Drills in K–12 Schools Aligned with Best Practices? Insights from Recent Surveys of Educators

Artificially Intelligent Bullies: Dealing with Deepfakes in K–12 Schools

Addressing the Fear of School Violence Is Its Own Policy Challenge

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Reality Checking a Major National R&D Investment in AI Trustworthiness, Safety, and Security: Weighing the Costs and Benefits of a $10 Billion Bet on Increasing the Robustness of the United States’ AI Future

Ensuring the Continuous Improvement of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Programs Over Time: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 5

Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools: Technical Material

Building Strong Threat Management, Intervention, and Support Systems for K–12 School Safety: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 4

Implementing Effective Reporting Programs for K–12 School Safety Efforts: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 2

Best Practices for Rigorous and Fair Behavioral Threat Assessment in K–12 Schools: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 3

Building Effective Multidisciplinary Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Teams: Improving Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management Implementation in K–12 Schools—Part 1

The State of Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management in K–12 Public Schools: Findings from a 2025 American School Leader Panel Survey

Principals See Many Benefits of Cell Phone Policies, but Youth Remain Skeptical: Selected Findings from the American School Leader Panel and the American Youth Panel

Are Active Shooter Drills in K–12 Schools Aligned with Best Practices? Insights from Recent Surveys of Educators

Artificially Intelligent Bullies: Dealing with Deepfakes in K–12 Schools

Addressing the Fear of School Violence Is Its Own Policy Challenge

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