CDW releases new school safety report

VERNON HILLS -- CDW Government Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corp. and source of Information Technology solutions to educators and governments, announced the results of the 2008 School Safety Index, the national benchmark on the current status of public school district safety. Based on eight indicators and four contraindicators, the School Safety Index provides a first-hand view of school safety issues from the perspective of more than 400 district IT and security directors. The 2008 Safety Index finds that districts improved their physical safety score by 39 percent over 2007, while their cyber safety score declined by 25 percent in the same time period.