In an amusing story, a government-funded media outlet notorious for its liberal slant found that the overwhelming majority of school shootings listed in a federal report never occurred.
The embarrassing blunder involves Department of Education figures stating that schools around the U.S. reported an alarming 235 shootings in one year.
The figures focus on the 2015-2016 school year and reveal that "Nearly 240 schoolsreported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting."
The article points out that the confusion comes at a time when the need for clear data on school violence has never been more pressing.
Dozens of school safety measures have been enacted nationwide on the heels of high-profile school shootings in Texas and Florida and public districts are allocating large sums to boost campus security.
In the report with the skewed stats, schools were asked: "Has there been at least one incident at your school that involved a shooting?" The DOE should have known better than to blindly publish the information.
For the same school year that the DOE listed 235 shootings, the group had only 29.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/08/govt-funded-news-outlet-finds-most-school-shootings-in-fed-report-didnt-occur/
The embarrassing blunder involves Department of Education figures stating that schools around the U.S. reported an alarming 235 shootings in one year.
The figures focus on the 2015-2016 school year and reveal that "Nearly 240 schoolsreported at least 1 incident involving a school-related shooting."
The article points out that the confusion comes at a time when the need for clear data on school violence has never been more pressing.
Dozens of school safety measures have been enacted nationwide on the heels of high-profile school shootings in Texas and Florida and public districts are allocating large sums to boost campus security.
In the report with the skewed stats, schools were asked: "Has there been at least one incident at your school that involved a shooting?" The DOE should have known better than to blindly publish the information.
For the same school year that the DOE listed 235 shootings, the group had only 29.
https://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2018/08/govt-funded-news-outlet-finds-most-school-shootings-in-fed-report-didnt-occur/
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