It’s hard to argue that whiteboard safe-room systems don’t belong in every classroom in America. Jace Harms and Annie Burlingame are students at Redwood High School in Larkspur.

An Alabama teacher demonstrates the use of a whiteboard that can turn into a storm shelter and bulletproof safety room (Screenshot / Twitter / Gillian Brooks) ...

On a November Monday morning in Sullivan, Missouri, Paul Alexander took delivery of a half dozen steel backbones for his mobile, 4-by-6-foot, bulletproof school whiteboards.

More recently, the company has adapted technologies for school security, most notably the lightweight, 18-by-20-inch bulletproof whiteboards designed to protect the user’s head and torso.

Cold Spring, Minn., Police Chief Phil Jones (left) and Rocori School District Superintendent Scott Staska hold bulletproof whiteboards in April while announcing the school system's $25,000 ...

The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is the first university to adopt Hardwire’s technology, though the company said it had sold bulletproof whiteboards, which cost $299 apiece, to about 100 ...

As school shootings continue to make headlines, a new line of defense has emerged: bulletproof whiteboards. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore has already snapped up 200 of them for $299 each.

University Using Bulletproof Whiteboards Posted: Aug 17, 2013 / 08:47 PM EDT Updated: Aug 17, 2013 / 08:47 PM EDT ...

The Rocori School District has acquired nearly 200 of the whiteboards, made of a material touted by its manufacturer as stronger than that in police-issue bulletproof vests.

A Maryland business has now developed bulletproof white boards that can double as shields. The CEO of Hardwire says his company adapted some of its technology used in war zones to be used in […] ...