Reporter's Notebook

San Francisco

"If it can happen at Columbine, it can happen anywhere."

Those were a few of the sobering words Jane Hammond, the superintendent of the Jefferson County, Colo., schools, had for superintendents and other school leaders gathered here for the annual convention of the American Association of School Administrators.

In a packed session at the conference, Ms. Hammond talked about the day last April when two students walked into the suburban high school near Denver and started shooting, killing 12 students and one teacher before turning...

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Correction: 
The incorrect location was given for the organization that Memphis, Tenn., Superintendent Gerry House is leaving to run. The Institute for Student Achievement is based in Lake Success, N.Y.

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