NPR on the Obama discipline guidance vs. 2018 post-Parkland criticism

■ The pieces

• NPR: Obama Administration Has Little Love For 'Zero Tolerance' (Jan 8, 2014)https://www.npr.org/transcripts/260808007
• Education Week: Lawmakers Question Obama-Era Discipline Policy at Hearing on Parkland Shooting (Mar 20, 2018)https://www.edweek.org/leadership/lawmakers-question-obama-era-discipline-policy-at-hearing-on-parkland-shooting/2018/03
• The 74: Parkland Shooting Revives Calls to Roll Back Obama-Era Guidance on School Discipline, but the FBI Tells Lawmakers There's 'No Indication' Issues Are Related (Mar 20, 2018)https://www.the74million.org/parkland-shooting-revives-calls-to-roll-back-obama-era-guidance-on-school-discipline-but-the-fbi-tells-lawmakers-theres-no-indication-issues-are-related/

■ What they show

In January 2014 NPR reported on new Obama administration guidance discouraging 'zero tolerance' school discipline and suspensions. After the 2018 Parkland shooting, Manhattan Institute fellow Max Eden testified to a House subcommittee that schools had rushed to cut suspensions under the guidance, creating unsafe environments. Education Week covered his testimony.

■ The other side

At the same hearing, Eden acknowledged that Broward County's diversion program predated the federal guidance, and the FBI told lawmakers there was no indication the discipline policy was related to the shooting.

■ Why it's here

This exhibit is filed under Subversion, not graded as a lie. What subversion means →