1 Tim Craig et al., “Teachers Say Florida Suspect’s Problems Started in Middle School, and the System Tried to Help Him,” Washington Post, February 18, 2018, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-say-florida-shooters-problems-started-in-middle-school-and-the-system-tried-to-help-him/2018/02/18/cdff7aa6-1413-11e8-9065-e55346f6de81_story.html.

2 Washington Post Editorial Board, “Bowser’s Pick for New D.C. Schools Chancellor is a Safe Choice,” Washington Post, November 22, 2016.

3 Rachel Cohen, “How D.C. Became the Darling of Education Reform,” The American Prospect, April 19, 2017, https://prospect.org/article/how-dc-became-darling-education-reform.

4 Diane Ravitch, Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools, Knopf, New York, NY 2013.

5 Washington Post Editorial Board, “Test Scores Point to School Reform Success in the District,” Washington Post, November 7, 2013.

6 Max Eden, “D.C. Public Schools Deserves an F for Bogus Reforms, Faked Successes, and Disastrous Failures,” The 74, March 4, 2018, https://www.the74million.org/article/eden-d-c-public-schools-deserves-an-f-for-bogus-reforms-faked-successes-and-disastrous-failures/.

7 Kate McGee, “What Really Happened at the School Where Every Graduate Got Into College,” NPR Ed, November 28, 2017, https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/11/28/564054556/what-really-happened-at-the-school-where-every-senior-got-into-college.

8 Alvarez & Marsal, “DCPS Graduation Review SY 2016-2017 Audit and Investigation: Final Report District of Columbia Public School Audit and Investigation,” January 26, 2018. https://osse.dc.gov/release/osse-announces-overall-four-year-graduation-rate-685-percent-2017-18-school-year.

9 Nat Malkus, “DC’s Dishonest Graduation Rate is a Disgrace: Here’s How To Fix It,” Washington Examiner, March 12, 2018.

10 Alejandra Matos and Emma Brown, “Some D.C. High Schools Are Reporting Only a Fraction of Suspensions,” Washington Post, July 17, 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/some-dc-high-schools-reported-only-a-small-fraction-of-suspensions/2017/07/17/045c387e-5762-11e7-ba90-f5875b7d1876_story.html.

11 Washington Teachers’ Union and EmpowerEd, “Survey of DCPS Teachers on Grading, Promotion Policies,” January 25, 2018.

12 In Class Not Cuffs: Rethinking School Discipline, Center for American Progress, Washington, D.C., January 17, 2018, https://www.americanprogress.org/events/2018/01/08/444673/class-not-cuffs-rethinking-school-discipline/.

13 Frederick M. Hess and Grant Addison, “Education as Reeducation,” National Review, October 25, 2018, https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/11/12/higher-education-junk-science-wokeness/.

14 Xiomara Padamsee, “Interrupting White Dominance to Make Good on the Promise of Equity,” Promise54, May 17, 2018, https://promise54.org/interrupting-white-dominance-to-make-good-on-the-promise-of-equity/.

15 Rachel Cohen, “How D.C. Became the Darling of Education Reform,” The American Prospect, April 19, 2017, https://prospect.org/article/how-dc-became-darling-education-reform.

16 See Tapper’s full interview with Sheriff Israel, CNN video from “State of the Union with Jake Tapper,” February 25, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/02/25/scott-israel-parkland-shooting-response-entire-sotu.cnn.

17 Curt Devine and Jose Pagliery, “Sheriff Says He got 23 Calls about Shooter’s Family, but Records Show More,” CNN, February 27, 2018, https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/us/parkland-shooter-cruz-sheriff-calls-invs/index.html.

18 Max Eden, “How Did the Parkland Shooter Slip Through the Cracks?” City Journal, February 26, 2018, https://www.city-journal.org/html/how-did-parkland-shooter-slip-through-cracks-15741.html.

19 Ann Coulter, “The School-to-Mass-Murder Pipeline,” Townhall.com, February 28, 2018, https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2018/02/28/the-schooltomassmurder-pipeline-n2455793.

20 Scott Travis and Megan O’Matz, “Broward Schools Backtrack on Gunman Nikolas Cruz’s Promise Program Connection,” Sun Sentinel, May 7, 2018, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-cruz-promise-20180507-story.html.

21 Robert Runcie, “Schools Chief: Focusing on Safety and Security, and Toppling ‘Fake News,’” Sun Sentinel, March 23, 2018, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/commentary/fl-op-viewpoint-broward-school-security-safety-measures-20180323-story.html.

22 Broward County school district, “Statement Regarding Broward County Public Schools PROMISE Program and Collaborative Agreement on School Discipline,” March 5, 2018.

23 Michael Stratford and Caitlin Emma, “Politico’s Morning Education: Trump School Safety Plan Targets Obama Discipline Directive,” Politico, March 13, 2018.

24 Erica L. Green, “Trump Finds Unlikely Culprit in School Shootings: Obama Discipline Policies,” New York Times, March 13, 2018, https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/13/us/politics/trump-school-shootings-obama-discipline-policies.html.

25 Paul Morgan et. al, “Are Students with Disabilities Suspended More Frequently than Otherwise Similar Students without Disabilities?” Journal of School Psychology, Vol. 72, Issue 1, pp 1-13, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022440518301171.

26 Scott Travis, “Schools Could Have Done More for Shooter Nikolas Cruz, Experts Say,” Sun Sentinel, March 4, 2018, https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/parkland/florida-school-shooting/fl-florida-school-shooting-cruz-mental-health-20180302-story.html.

27 Alexander Russo, “Worst Education Journalism of the 2017–2018 School Year,” Phi Delta Kappan, May 30, 2018, http://www.kappanonline.org/russo-worst-education-journalism-of-the-2017-2018-school-year/.

28 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Public Safety Commission, April 24, 2018, http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/MSDHS/Meetings/April-Meeting-Documents/PublicSafetyMeeting04-24-18.aspx.