Religion in Schools Project

Memphis examines the experiences of public school students who encounter religion in school.

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https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2019/10/03/for-a-lot-of-american-teens-religion-is-a-regular-part-of-the-public-school-day/

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The Anonymity Issue

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 .

What's in a Motive?

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

Stereotypes, Propaganda, and Journalism

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

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