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Race asks what we should do with anonymous reports.     Sources Cited: “What Should an Employer Do When It Receives an Anonymous Complaint about an Employee?” SHRM , 26 Apr. 2022, https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/tools-and-samples/hr-qa/Pages/default.aspx . “Scope of the Problem: Statistics.” RAINN , https://www.rainn.org/statistics/scope-problem#:~:text=Everyone%20Is%20Affected%20by%20Sexual,another%20American%20is%20sexually%20assaulted.&text=1%20out%20of%20every%206,completed%2C%202.8%25%20attempted). Sodha, Sonia. “The Trojan Horse Affair: How Serial Podcast Got It so Wrong.” The Guardian , Guardian News and Media, 20 Feb. 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/feb/20/the-trojan-horse-affair-how-serial-podcast-got-it-so-wrong .

 Paige looks back on three mass shootings to ask the baffling questions, what could motivate such an act?   Sources cited: https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/past-tolls https://www.insider.com/how-many-us-mass-shootings-america-2023 https://ballotpedia.org/United_States_school_shootings_and_firearm_incidents,_1990-present#School_shootings_by_year https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-ones-that-got-away-jonesboros-survivors-and-the-shooters-recall-a-moment-of-horror_n_5a39780ce4b06d1621b01f37 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-school-shooting-in-jonesboro-arkansas-kills-five https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/1466705 https://www.gunviolencearchive.org/incident/577157 https://www.britannica.com/event/Orlando-shooting-of-2016/The-motive-and-aftermath https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/18/482621690/investigators-say-orlando-shooter-showed-few-warning-signs-of-radicalization

Seth, Caleb, and John discuss the various factors that shape school ratings and test scores.    Sources Cited: Faught, Erin L, et al. “The Combined Impact of Diet, Physical Activity, Sleep and Screen Time on Academic Achievement: A Prospective Study of Elementary School Students in Nova Scotia, Canada.” The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity , U.S. National Library of Medicine, 9 Mar. 2017, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5343372/. “Home.” Boosting Test Scores: Strategies That Work | Education World , https://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin366.shtml. “Participation in High School Athletics Has Long-Lasting Benefits.” NFHS , https://www.nfhs.org/articles/participation-in-high-school-athletics-has-long-lasting-benefits/?dlv-emuid=4a95f07f-92eb-41fb-81ef-c7f913ede53b&dlv-mlid=1850068. Reilly, Katie. “How L.A. Schools Improved Students' Test Scores.” Time , Time, 28 Oct. 2022, https://time.com/6225894/los-angeles-scho

 Carson interviews an admired teacher about the landscape of public education.

Jimena and Bailey review the book Moonrise at Daybreak, "an Animal Farm rip-off" mentioned in The Trojan Horse Affair episode 5.   

  Eli traces the history of the Iraq war and considers how the "War on Terror" upholds "American values." Sources cited: Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Iraq War". Encyclopedia Britannica, Mar 29 2023, https://www.britannica.com/event/Iraq-War. Accessed 9 April 2023. Burns, John F. (26 January 2003). "How Many People Has Hussein Killed?" . The New York Times . Coughlin, Con (2005). Saddam: His Rise and Fall . Harper Perennial . p. 30 . ISBN 0-06-050543-5 . Douglas A. Borer (2003). "Inverse Engagement: Lessons from U.S.-Iraq Relations, 1982–1990" . U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection. U.S. Army. Archived from the original on 11 October 2006. Retrieved 12 October 2006. Esposito, John, "Political Islam Revolution, Radicalism, or Reform", Political Islam and Gulf Security, Lynne Rienner Publishers, ISBN 1-55587-262-X , pp. 56–58 Handy, Jim (1994). Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict a