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As I delve into the intricacies of Project 2025, a sweeping initiative spearheaded by the conservative Heritage Foundation, it becomes clear that this is more than just a policy manual – it's a blueprint for a fundamental transformation of American governance.Project 2025 is the culmination of efforts from over 100 respected organizations within the conservative movement, aiming to "take down the Deep State" and return the government to the people. This ambitious plan, outlined in a 900-page manual, involves hundreds of individual policy changes that touch nearly every aspect of American life. From immigration and abortion rights to education and energy production, the scope of Project 2025 is vast and its implications profound.One of the most contentious areas addressed by Project 2025 is immigration. The plan calls for securing the border, finishing the construction of the wall, and deporting illegal aliens. It also proposes transferring the custody of immigrant children from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that critics argue would prioritize enforcement over welfare and potentially worsen the safety and psychological well-being of vulnerable children[5].In the realm of reproductive rights, Project 2025 advocates for drastic measures. It suggests reviving the 19th-century Comstock Act to ban abortion medications and materials from being sent through the U.S. Postal Service and reversing the FDA's approval of mifepristone, a key medication used in abortions. These proposals are part of a broader effort to gut abortion access, with supporters like Pam Bondi, who defended President Trump during his first impeachment trial and upheld Florida's restrictive abortion ban, actively working to implement these changes[3].Education is another sector that would undergo significant changes under Project 2025. The plan aims to dismantle the federal role in education, proposing the abolition of the Department of Education and the privatization of student loans. It also recommends eliminating the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program and increasing taxes on university endowments. Sara Partridge, associate director of higher education policy at the Center for American Progress, notes that "the way I see it, Project 2025 really set out to destroy the federal role in education as we know it, and this administration has already taken major steps to weaken it"[4].The energy sector is not immune to the project's ambitious reforms. Project 2025 advocates for unleashing American energy production to reduce energy prices, including expanding energy exploration and extraction in Alaska and opening the National Petroleum Reserve to leasing and development. This aligns with broader conservative goals of reducing regulatory barriers and increasing domestic energy production[2].A key aspect of Project 2025 is its focus on restructuring the federal government to make it more accountable to the democratically elected President and Congress. This includes proposals to de-weaponize the Federal Government by increasing accountability and oversight of the FBI and DOJ, and to implement Trump's Schedule F executive order, which would allow for the dismissal of ‘non-performing' federal employees. This measure could significantly erode the system of checks and balances by centralizing power in the executive branch[5].The project also delves into social issues, such as banning biological males from competing in women's sports, a policy that reflects the conservative movement's stance on gender and sports[1].Despite President Trump's denials of direct involvement, the connections between Project 2025 and his administration are evident. The Heritage Foundation, which published the project, has direct ties to Trump's first administration, with at least 140 people who worked on Project 2025 having previously worked in Trump's administration. Kevin Roberts, the Heritage Foundation President, has described his organization's role as “institutionalizing Trumpism”[3].Experts and analysts are keenly watching the implementation of these policies, noting that while not all of Trump's actions fully adhere to Project 2025's recommendations, the core concepts are often aligned. Brendan Cantwell, a higher education professor at Michigan State University, observes that "the record established in Project 2025 and by people like Max Eden … [is] being enacted quite clearly"[4].The potential implications of Project 2025 are far-reaching and multifaceted. By centralizing power in the executive branch, undermining civil rights, and eroding essential social programs, this agenda prioritizes control over fairness, enforcement over welfare, and exclusion over inclusion. As noted by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the incremental steps already being taken in states like Texas and Washington are paving the way for the broader implementation of Project 2025's vision, which could significantly compromise the rights of marginalized groups[5].As we look ahead, it is clear that Project 2025 represents a critical juncture in American governance. The next few weeks and months will be pivotal, with expected executive orders and legislative actions that could reshape the landscape of federal policies. Experts predict significant changes in accreditation standards for colleges, further constraints on colleges, and potential overhauls in the student loan system[4].In conclusion, Project 2025 is not just a policy document; it is a vision for a fundamentally different America. As the country navigates these proposed changes, it is imperative to understand the scope, ambition, and potential impacts of this initiative. Whether one supports or opposes these policies, the importance of informed engagement and vigilant oversight cannot be overstated. The future of American governance hangs in the balance, and the decisions made now will shape the nation for generations to come.

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 160 If you had to narrow it down to a single reason our school classrooms and hallways have become so much more dangerous, rough, irreverent, and violent, any honest assessment would identify the widespread misapplication of restorative justice programs. It's long past time we face up to this fact, which was first exposed in the unbelievably important book Why Meadow Died by Andrew Pollack (https://amzn.to/41y1TKi), whose child died in the Parkland school shooting in Florida, and AEI fellow Max Eden. The problem didn't start in Parkland, however; it started in Oakland, and it spread as a result of pressures coming from the Office of Civil Rights in Obama's Department of Education well over a decade ago. As with so much in Woke education, the problem is infinitely worse and more fraudulent than one has any right to expect. In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay reads some of Fania Davis's (Angela Davis's sister) ridiculous book The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice (https://amzn.to/3D67bU0) along with a report cited by Davis (https://shorturl.at/nU6TA) in support of a program that simply doesn't work. It's time for America's parents to stand up to restorative justice and demand it be removed from our schools. New book! The Queering of the American Child: https://queeringbook.com/ Support New Discourses: https://newdiscourses.com/support Follow New Discourses on other platforms: https://newdiscourses.com/subscribe Follow James Lindsay: https://linktr.ee/conceptualjames © 2025 New Discourses. All rights reserved. #NewDiscourses #JamesLindsay #restorativejustice

Rod and Greg Show Daily Rundown – Thursday, December 5, 20244:38 pm: Steve Moore, Economist with FreedomWorks and an advisor to Donald Trump joins the program for his weekly visit with Rod and Greg about politics and the nation's economy.5:05 pm: Liz Peek, a columnist with Fox News joins the show to discuss her recent piece in which she says Democrats that oppose Donald Trump's deportation plan are risking their own political future.6:38: pm: Max Eden, a Research Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute joins Rod and Greg to discuss his piece for the Washington Examiner which provides a blueprint for overhauling higher education in America.

Trump says that he will overhaul the Department of Education. What does that mean? Julie speaks with education expert Max Eden, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. https://amzn.to/4esdXQB Join Julie live Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday at 1p PT, call in number: 844-861-5537Check out other Julie Hartman videos: https://www.youtube.com/@juliehartman Follow Julie Hartman on social media: Website: https://juliehartmanshow.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julierhartman/X: https://twitter.com/JulieRHartmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's show, Josh Walkos reports on the United Nations' upcoming "Summit of the Future" and comments on SDGs, AI, virtual reality and more. Later, Andrew Pollack explains how and why he chose to partner with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and get actively involved in promoting common sense school security after the tragic loss of his daughter in a school shooting. Also, Andrew gives a sneak peak of his upcoming talk at the NRA's annual meeting in Dallas, Texas. GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Josh Walkos is a married father of two, navigating the corporate world by day while writing about the history of government and industry corruption by night. His fascination with the past and its hidden truths fuel his writing, which can be found at wethefree.substack.com. A challenger of worldviews and conventional thinking Josh considers himself an Independent who resists all labels designed to eliminate nuance. His X handle is @JoshWalkos GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Andrew Pollack is a Long Island native who relocated to South Florida. His life was forever changed when his beautiful 18 year old daughter was murdered in the massacre at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas on February 14, 2018. Since that time he has been advocating for a national change in mindset when it comes to school security. His plea to #fixit was heard initially around the world at a Whitehouse Town Hall and since that time in the news, on radio and in print. He has been working towards this goal with county, state and federal officials. In Florida he was instrumental in getting a monumental safety bill passed that is now being implemented in the state. He authored a book together with Max Eden, WHY MEADOW DIED: THE PEOPLE AND POLICIES THAT CREATED THE PARKLAND SHOOTER AND ENDANGER AMERICA'S STUDENTS. You can follow him on X at @AndrewPollackFL

On this week's Education Gadfly Show podcast, Rebecca Sibilia, the executive director of EdFund, joins Mike and David to debate whether we've fixed school funding in America. Then, on the Research Minute, Amber reports on a new study examining the effects of school shootings on survivors' test scores, attendance, and long-term health.Recommended content: “Think Again: Is education funding in America still unequal?” —Adam Tyner, Fordham Institute“The policies promoting school shootings” —Max Eden, Fordham InstituteEdFund WebsitePhillip Levine and Robin McKnight, “The consequences of high-fatality shootings for surviving students,” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (February, 2024).Feedback Welcome: Have ideas for improving our podcast? Send them to Daniel Buck at dbuck@fordhaminstitute.org. 

In this episode, Max Eden joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network's annual report, “Sketching A New Conservative Education Agenda​​.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.

In this episode, Max Eden joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss AEI's Conservative Education Reform Network's annual report, “Sketching A New Conservative Education Agenda​​.” Music by Jack Bauerlein.

Happy Tuesday.  Bob kicks off the show with Congressman Bob Latta. In a great conversation they talk about the border and much more.  Bob then is joined by Peter Kirsanow as he is every Tuesday.  They spend an hour talking all the hot topics in the news today.  Then Bob welcomes Max Eden from AEI to the show to talk about DEI and what can be done to stop it in our kids schools.  Bob wraps up the show playing the most downloaded song, Facts< from Tom MacDonald and the one and only Ben Shapiro.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rod Arquette Show w/ Greg Hughes Rundown – “Wingman Wednesday,” December 6, 20234:38 pm: Parker Sheppard, Director of the Center for Data Analysis at the Heritage Foundation joins the program for a conversation about how inflation hits poor Americans the hardest.5:05 pm: Max Eden, Research Fellow for the American Enterprise Institute, joins Rod and Greg to discuss the organization's 2023 American Family Survey and the reasons why American parents may never agree on what should be taught in public school classrooms.6:05 pm: Margot Cleveland, Senior Legal Correspondent for The Federalist and an attorney with the New Civil Liberties Alliance, joins Rod and Greg to discuss a lawsuit filed against the State Department over a blacklist effort to silence media outlets that don't promote the preferred views of government.

Topics include: American students do not know about the Constitution; the Jamal Bowman fire alarm debacle; and the culture of book banning with Max Eden, a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.Check out other Julie Hartman videos: https://www.youtube.com/@juliehartman Follow Julie Hartman on social media: Website: https://juliehartmanshow.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julierhartman/ X: https://twitter.com/JulieRHartman Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timelesswithjuliehartmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Education analyst Max Eden joins Andrew and Beth for a wide-ranging discussion on the issues facing today’s eductaion system. Eden describes what led to him to a career studying education policy and we discuss his explosive and bestselling book about the Parkland school shooting, which concluded that progressive “restorative justice” policies in the school led […]

Education analyst Max Eden joins Andrew and Beth for a wide-ranging discussion on the issues facing today's eductaion system. Eden describes what led to him to a career studying education policy and we discuss his explosive and bestselling book about the Parkland school shooting, which concluded that progressive “restorative justice” policies in the school led to the horrific incident.Eden also gives us an update on the Biden administrations proposed changes to Title IX rules and their impact on girls sports. We also discuss what states like Florida are doing to combat progressive ideology in public schools and we talk about the rapidly growing movement for school choice.Max Eden is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on education reform, specifically K–12 and early childhood education, and was previously a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Max is the coauthor of the bestseller “Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students” and the coeditor of “The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States.” Eden has testified about school violence before Congress and about the “school-to-prison pipeline” before the US Commission on Civil Rights.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5817303/advertisement

On this episode of The Bespoke Parenting Podcast, host Julie Gunlock talks to American Enterprise Institute Research Fellow Max Eden about the state of kids in America, increasing violence in public schools, why restorative justice programs—not COVID school shutdowns—created this problem, and how parents can reverse the trend. — The Bespoke Parenting Podcast is about and for parents who are […]

Josh tears into the possible looming indictment of former President Donald Trump before being joined by Max Eden, research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, for a wide-ranging look at the "Florida blueprint" for how the American Right should approach education policy.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

At this week's Round Table, Jack, Kenisha, Madeline, and Maya spoke with Max Eden, who heads the Conservative Ed Reform Network at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) think tank. While we are devoted to cross-partisanship, we don't get to be in deep dialogue with strong conservatives often enough and we really enjoyed our engagement with Max, talking about various aspects of education reform and, most importantly, the impact of schools on the humans who people grow up to be. Max really helped us understand polarization and the culture wars in education reform specifically, and that the debates of today weren't the debates we were having 10 years ago or even 5 years ago, when the focus was on fixing schools that serve higher need students through various modalities. All of that fell apart in 2015-6 in response to the Common Core Standards being poorly implemented and politically toxic. Foundations aligned with unions around the notion of institutional racism and that schools don't need policy change, they need cultural change. Max feels there's been a slow and steady build around DEI from 2016-20 which got ignited with the killing of George Floyd in 2020 and is now an inferno. He feels we have to view the current AP black studies controversy through this lens, and that a lot has gotten thrown into the curriculum inappropriately, including progressive causes that he feels are forced and wouldn't allow participants to voice their own opinions. Max feels many teachers today are misconstruing their role, and that they should be agents of government rather than agents of social change trying to change the world through youth. Max also shared his perceptions of how progressivism has impacted early childhood in detrimental ways, from lack of emphasis on phonemic awareness to inappropriate attention to gender identity. We also found it helpful to hear about Max's personal path, from being quite liberal in high school to becoming a conservative at Yale–a somewhat unusual trajectory catalyzed by his intrigue about counter arguments to common arguments he knew–and his commitment to shatter the notion that good people think one way. We closed with a fascinating conversation about whether or not schools should be values free and whether or not they CAN be. We'd love YOUR thoughts on this front. Thank you for listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/nextgenpolitics/message

Something is deeply amiss in contemporary American culture. Young people have lost touch with reality and have become trapped by moral relativism. Is post-modern education to blame? Education expert Max Eden joins Michael Knowles for an eye-opening discussion of Allan Bloom's unexpected bestseller The Closing of the American Mind. Donate today to help keep PragerU podcasts and videos free! PragerU.com/donate

For the first episode on Institutionalized, Charles and Aaron sit down with Max Eden of AEI to discuss the state of Education and how the forces surrounding the institution continue to change the student experience.

Max Eden joins Tony Kinnett again in the Teacher's Lounge to discuss Free Lunch Programs, Nutrition, and government subsidies in education. Max Eden's AEI Study on Free Lunch Programs can be found here: https://www.aei.org/op-eds/theres-no-free-lunch/ For other great education videos, articles, reports, op-eds, critiques, and the Teacher's Lounge podcast—head over to www.TheChalkboardReview.com! Chalkboard Review, 2022.

Research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, Max Eden shares on his latest opinion piece in Newsweek Magazine headlined "Against 'Don't Say Gay' Propaganda" with the Mark Reardon Show.

Fr John Hogan talked about Thomas Beckett, defender of the Church. Rob McFarland gave an update on voter rights legislation. Max Eden discussed his op-ed on K-12 Education cartel is holding children hostage. 

On today's episode of So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast, we are joined by FIRE's Joe Cohn and the American Enterprise Institute's Max Eden to debate and discuss legislative efforts to ban critical race theory, or so-called “divisive concepts,” from being taught in schools.  Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's executive order on critical race theory “Ban Critical Race Theory now” by Max Eden “Legislative efforts to address teachings on race pose threats to academic freedom” by Joe Cohn “State legislatures continue efforts to restrict academic freedom” by Tyler Coward “13 important points in the campus & K-12 ‘critical race theory' debate” by Greg Lukianoff et al. www.sotospeakpodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/freespeechtalk Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sotospeakpodcast Email us: sotospeak@thefire.org

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown – Monday, December 13, 20214:20 pm: Max Eden, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss how the North Carolina model of dealing with critical race theory in our schools should be the model because it both bans the use of CRT and avoids censorship4:38 pm: Gregory R. Wrightstone, Executive Director of the CO2 Coalition joins the program for a conversation about how Joe Biden has mistakenly blamed the weekend's destructive tornadoes in the Midwest on climate change6:05 pm: Utah Congressman Chris Stewart joins the program to discuss his recent comments that the United States should consider an all-out ban of the 2022 Winter Olympics in China6:20 pm: Rusty Cannon, Vice President of the Utah Taxpayers Association, joins the show to discuss his recent op-ed piece in which he says it's a bad idea to get rid of sales tax on food6:35 pm: Lawrence Mead, a professor at New York University and author of “Burdens of Freedom” joins the program to discuss his piece for Townhall on the border crisis and the American culture

Description: A student in Boston public schools recently knocked her principal unconscious during school hours. A girl was recently sexually assaulted in a Loudon County, Virginia, school, and administrators falsely denied knowledge of its occurrence. What is causing an increase in school violence and how can administrators use their resources to improve school safety and students' lives? In this episode, Naomi and Ian are joined by https://www.aei.org/profile/max-eden/ (Max Eden), a research fellow in education policy at the American Enterprise Institute. Max explains that the push for restorative justice in schools—trying to even out disparate rates of discipline by race or disability—has actually led to school administrators not disciplining students at all. They ignore important factors like family structure, poverty, and neighborhood crime, which are highly correlated with different rates of behavioral infractions in school. Max believes that we are at the beginning of a broader public recognition of the dangerous impact of restorative justice policies and the need for parents to exercise more oversight over their kids' school environments. Resources: https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/11/04/boston-public-schools-principal-unconscious-for-at-least-4-minutes-after-beating-police-report/ (Boston Public Schools principal unconscious for ‘at least' 4 minutes after beating: police report) | Sean Phillip Cotter | Boston Herald https://www.aei.org/op-eds/restorative-justice-cannot-combat-the-tide-of-school-violence/ (Restorative justice cannot combat the tide of school violence) | Naomi Schaefer Riley | Deseret News https://www.aei.org/op-eds/youngkin-makes-the-gop-the-parents-party/ (Youngkin makes the GOP the parents' party) | Max Eden | The Wall Street Journal Show Notes: • 03:15 | Are parents noticing the lack of school discipline? • 05:30 | The limits of public policy when only viewing the world through race • 10:10 | The importance of parental involvement in schools • 13:35 | How do you have a productive conversation with school administrators and those on the ground who disagree with you on this issue? • 16:35 | Is there a way to elevate student's voices who now feel they are in a more dangerous learning environment? • 18:50 | How can we rehabilitate kids using a different approach?

Liberal special interests have effective control of many municipal governments and government arms. The most notable case: school boards. Thanks to “three exploits” of block voting, nonpartisan races, and off-cycle elections, teachers unions gain a structural advantage beyond their ideological support in electing the people who set standards, enforce policies, and fund public school systems. Joining me to discuss how special interest groups take advantage of municipal election structure is Max Eden, a research fellow in education policy at the American Enterprise Institute. News Links: State Chapters of National School Boards Group Slam Letter to White House: https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11/02/state-chapters-of-national-school-boards-group-slam-letter-to-white-house-depicting-parents-as-domestic-terrorists/ Move School Board Elections On-Cycle to Restore Local Control: https://www.aei.org/research-products/report/move-school-board-elections-on-cycle-to-restore-local-control/ How Government Worker Unions Manipulate Municipal Elections: https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/11/05/how-government-worker-unions-manipulate-municipal-elections/ Defund the Education Deep State: https://americanmind.org/memo/defund-the-education-deep-state/ Subscribe to the podcast on your platform of choice at: https://influencewatch.fireside.fm/ • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capitalresearchcenter • Twitter: https://twitter.com/capitalresearch • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capital.research.center/ • YouTube: https://bit.ly/CRCYouTube

Thursday 11/11 Listen as Vince talks with guest Max Eden, AEI See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince Coglianese speaks with Max Eden from AEI, Adam Kredo of the Washington Free Beacon, and Emily Jashinski of The Federalist. Topics include Rittenhouse Trial, Critical Race Theory, Kamala Harris' popularity and more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, Max Eden joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss critical race theory and his article, "A Landmark Civil Rights Lawsuit."

Max Eden joins Mark Bauerlein to discuss critical race theory and his article, “A Landmark Civil Rights Lawsuit.”

Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Missouri, member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Commissioner of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, discusses her newly introduced legislation to hold China accountable for its persecution of Christians, and shares how teaching critical race theory stifles the growth of children. Mike Huckabee, former Governor of Arkansas and host of TBN's “Huckabee,” talks about President Biden's approval rating sharply dropping as concerns grow about how he is handling COVID-19, worsening inflation, and the highest number of illegal immigrants crossing the border in the last two decades. Max Eden, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, warns parents of President Biden's nominee to serve as assistant secretary in the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. Mary Beth Waddell, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Family and Religious Liberty, unpacks the problems in the newly released Senate infrastructure bill. Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, shares concerns about the appropriations bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and a look ahead to what pro-life Congress will be addressing in the fall. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

On today's show, hosted by Joseph Backholm: Vicky Hartzler, U.S. Representative for the 4th District of Missouri, member of the House Armed Services Committee, and Commissioner of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, discusses her newly

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown –Thursday, July 1, 20214:20 pm:Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee joins the show to discuss why the commission voted to cut property taxes, cutting nearly in half an increase that was approved in 20194:38 pm: Utah GOP Chairman Carson Jorgensen joins Rod for a conversation about critical race theory in Utah schools and why he has offered to sit down with Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell to discuss the topic6:05 pm: Max Eden, a Senior Research Fellow with the American Enterprise Institute, joins the program to discuss his piece for Real Clear Policy about gas lighting parents over critical race theory5:05 pm: Politico reporter Daniel Lippman joins Rod for a conversation about his recent piece about the dissent and dysfunction that exists in the office of Vice President Kamala Harris6:20 pm: Tyler O'Neil, Assistant Editor for PJ Media joins the show to discuss the backlash he says is coming for Joe Biden over the conditions on the nation's southern border6:35 pm: Jennifer Graham of the Deseret News joins Rod for a conversation about her piece on how both political parties in America are lacking strong political villains6:50 pm: Ginette Bott from the Utah Food Bank updates us on the summer needs of the food bank

Max Eden, Research Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on critical race theory.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Critical race theory is the new battleground for politics, and parents. Max Eden of AEI joins John Howell to discuss his latest: https://tinyurl.com/2fsr3x26

Today on the Rundown: Max Eden joined the show to talk about critical race theory. You won't believe who he says is funding the indoctrination of Americans children.

Today on the Rundown: America is under attack. Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have completely RUINED the border. Why is Hunter Biden not in prison? Max Eden, John Solomon, and John Catsimatidis joined the show.

Today on the Rundown: Max Eden joined the show to talk about critical race theory. You won't believe who he says is funding the indoctrination of Americans children.

Max Eden is a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where he focuses on education reform, specifically K–12 and early childhood education. Max joins the show to talk with Robert and Phoebe about school choice, critical race theory, and the future of American education.

Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, hops on the podcast to talk about the history of the Hope Scholarship, school choice in Florida and more. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Prager University Part 43You Can't Be Free Without ThisThe End of Women's SportsNuclear Energy: Abundant, Clean, and SafeThere Is No Apolitical ClassroomBig Tech Attacks on Freedom of SpeechCapitalism or Socialism: Which One Is More Democratic?Watch a 3-hour Prager University video marathon at:https://youtu.be/9KO14BHUTtk PragerU Also-Prager University has 8 other Marathon videos at- https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity/videos You Can't Be Free Without Thishttps://youtu.be/iJ7CCdzCCI0 PragerUIt wasn’t an accident that the First Amendment to the Constitution is about religious liberty. Why was it so important to the Founders? And why should it be just as important to you? Kelly Shackelford, President of First Liberty, explains. Script: What is religious freedom? Why is it important? And why is it now under threat? "Hold on a second," I can hear you saying. "Religious freedom is threatened? Who doesn't have religious freedom in the United States? You can be a Protestant, a Catholic, a Jew, a Muslim, or a Wiccan. You can believe in anything—or nothing." This was true. But not anymore. Seems like almost every week a new dispute arises between people of faith and government agencies alleging that believers are violating the rights of non-believers, or simply violating government edicts. Given that the search for religious freedom was central to the founding of America, this is quite a reversal. As Thomas Paine put it in his influential 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, "This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe." It wasn't an accident that the first freedom listed in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is about religious liberty. Here's what it says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…" This meant the new United States would have no government-sponsored religion, as Europe had at the time, and no restrictions on how you practiced your religion.  British historian Paul Johnson draws a stark and telling contrast between the two great revolutions of the 18th century.  "The essential difference between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is that the American Revolution, in its origins, was a religious event, whereas the French Revolution was an anti-religious event. That fact was to shape the American Revolution...and determine the nature of the independent state it brought into being." Now, two centuries after the Bill of Rights, freedom of religion, one of the main goals of the American Revolution, has morphed into freedom from religion—one of the main goals of the French Revolution. That's not what any American should wish for. Here's why: because when they come for your religious freedom, they're coming for all your freedom. It's the totalitarian "tell." The giveaway. This is what the Founders understood and why they were so insistent that religious liberty be in the Constitution. To them, freedom of liberty was tantamount to freedom of thought. If you aren't free to think as you wish, you can't claim to be free. They were right. There is no example in history of a regime suppressing religious freedom and not suppressing other freedoms. One of the first things the communists did in Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917 was to close nearly every church and take control of all religious life in the Soviet Union—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim. To this day, all religious life in China is strictly controlled by the Chinese communist government. Why do repressive governments fear religious freedom? Because it challenges the authority of the state more than any other freedom. People who adhere to a religion believe that there’s something higher than the state, and no repressive government can tolerate such a belief. That makes religion the first target of those who want ever more power—and ever more control over its citizens. That's why, even if you're not religious, if you care about freedom, you should care deeply about religious liberty. My job is to protect religious liberty. And, let me tell you, the trends are troubling. Eight years ago, my case load was 47; last year it was over 300. For the complete script visit https://www.prageru.com/video/you-can... FOLLOW us! Facebook:

Prager University Part 43 You Can't Be Free Without This The End of Women's Sports Nuclear Energy: Abundant, Clean, and Safe There Is No Apolitical Classroom Big Tech Attacks on Freedom of Speech Capitalism or Socialism: Which One Is More Democratic? Watch a 3-hour Prager University video marathon at: https://youtu.be/9KO14BHUTtk PragerU  Also- Prager University has 8 other Marathon videos at- https://www.youtube.com/user/PragerUniversity/videos   You Can't Be Free Without This https://youtu.be/iJ7CCdzCCI0 PragerU It wasn't an accident that the First Amendment to the Constitution is about religious liberty. Why was it so important to the Founders? And why should it be just as important to you? Kelly Shackelford, President of First Liberty, explains. Script: What is religious freedom? Why is it important? And why is it now under threat? "Hold on a second," I can hear you saying. "Religious freedom is threatened? Who doesn't have religious freedom in the United States? You can be a Protestant, a Catholic, a Jew, a Muslim, or a Wiccan. You can believe in anything—or nothing." This was true. But not anymore. Seems like almost every week a new dispute arises between people of faith and government agencies alleging that believers are violating the rights of non-believers, or simply violating government edicts. Given that the search for religious freedom was central to the founding of America, this is quite a reversal. As Thomas Paine put it in his influential 1776 pamphlet, Common Sense, "This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe." It wasn't an accident that the first freedom listed in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the Constitution, is about religious liberty. Here's what it says, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…" This meant the new United States would have no government-sponsored religion, as Europe had at the time, and no restrictions on how you practiced your religion.  British historian Paul Johnson draws a stark and telling contrast between the two great revolutions of the 18th century.  "The essential difference between the American Revolution and the French Revolution is that the American Revolution, in its origins, was a religious event, whereas the French Revolution was an anti-religious event. That fact was to shape the American Revolution...and determine the nature of the independent state it brought into being." Now, two centuries after the Bill of Rights, freedom of religion, one of the main goals of the American Revolution, has morphed into freedom from religion—one of the main goals of the French Revolution. That's not what any American should wish for. Here's why: because when they come for your religious freedom, they're coming for all your freedom. It's the totalitarian "tell." The giveaway. This is what the Founders understood and why they were so insistent that religious liberty be in the Constitution. To them, freedom of liberty was tantamount to freedom of thought. If you aren't free to think as you wish, you can't claim to be free. They were right. There is no example in history of a regime suppressing religious freedom and not suppressing other freedoms. One of the first things the communists did in Russia after the Russian Revolution in 1917 was to close nearly every church and take control of all religious life in the Soviet Union—Christian, Jewish, and Muslim. To this day, all religious life in China is strictly controlled by the Chinese communist government. Why do repressive governments fear religious freedom? Because it challenges the authority of the state more than any other freedom. People who adhere to a religion believe that there's something higher than the state, and no repressive government can tolerate such a belief. That makes religion the first target of those who want ever more power—and ever more control over its citizens. That's why, even if you're not religious, if you care about freedom, you should care deeply about religious liberty. My job is to protect religious liberty. And, let me tell you, the trends are troubling. Eight years ago, my case load was 47; last year it was over 300. For the complete script visit https://www.prageru.com/video/you-can...   FOLLOW us! Facebook:

Max Eden joins the Chalkboard Review to discuss what the upcoming Biden administration will mean for Education in the United States.

Do you know what’s going on in your kid’s school? The three R’s – reading, writing, and arithmetic – have taken a back seat to a fourth R. Max Eden, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, explains what that fourth R is, and why it’s so destructive.

There Will Always Be Something I Like About the Big Guy Today's topics include: He’s not Hillary Clinton. But given that the President-elect might not last four years, John reveals his pick for Jerk of the Week. Then, Gibsonia’s own Leslie Miller was at the Trump rally on Wednesday and offers an eyewitness account. Finally, Max Eden of the Manhattan Institute reveals what Education will almost certainly look like under a Biden Administration.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max Eden, senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute, joins us to discuss his recent report, "Advanced Opportunities: How Idaho is Reshaping High Schools by Empowering Students," which was featured in a recent Wall Street Journal article. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

Identity politics and "woke culture" have taken over our schools. How did this start? Where is it going? And what can we do to stop this? Mary Clare is joined by The Manhattan Institute's Max Eden and The Heritage Foundation's Mike Gonzalez to discuss these tough issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Max Eden joins Brian Anderson to discuss how America's latest culture war appears headed for public schools—the topic of Eden’s latest story, "'There Is No Apolitical Classroom.'" Across the country, schools are preparing to reopen in September with rigorous hygiene protocols to protect against Covid-19. Now, in the aftermath of nationwide protests in response to George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, activists are making a renewed push to incorporate "antiracism" content into classrooms. According to Eden, "antiracist schools will teach very different material from the schools of yesteryear."

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, May 27, 20204:20 pm: White House reporter Daniel Lippman of Politico joins Rod to discuss how Democrats are concerned about a strong economic rebound over the next few months as it could help President Trump to be reelected4:35 pm: Jim Antle, Politics Editor for the Washington Examiner, joins the show for a conversation about how President Trump is winning the “lockdown wars” as there hasn’t been a spike in coronavirus infections after reopening much of the country6:05 pm: Ross Marchand, Director of Policy for the Taxpayers Protection Alliance, joins the show to discuss why he says businesses have the right to require that customers wear masks when entering their stores6:20 pm: Max Eden, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute, joins Rod for a conversation about how the state of Idaho is empowering high school students with the ability to follow a dual path by taking college and workforce development courses6:35 pm: Former state senator Jim Dabakis, a Democrat, joins the show to discuss his decision to register as a Republican so that he may vote for governor in the GOP primary election

The 2018 Stoneman Douglas shooting was the deadliest school shooting in US history. Author Max Frost offers his take on how to prevent similar tragedies. The post https://www.aei.org/multimedia/why-meadow-died-with-max-eden/ (Why Meadow Died: with Max Eden) appeared first on https://www.aei.org (American Enterprise Institute - AEI).

Today is the second anniversary of the Parkland shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed. Max Eden, an education researcher, who co-authored "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students.” joins today's podcast. We also cover these stories:The Democrat-led House passed a bill 232-183 Thursday that would eliminate the 1982 deadline to ratify the the Equal Rights Amendment. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi criticizes President Trump over his protests about the original 7-9 year jail recommendation for Roger Stone, a Trump ally.According to a Gallup poll taken in January, 61% of Americans say they are better off than they were three years ago See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Max Eden joins senior editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss the charter school movement—particularly the success of the Great Hearts academies.

We discuss the book "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students" by Andrew Pollack and Max Eden.  For more information visit EngageTheRight.com

In this episode of The Safety Doc Podcast, I talk with the co-author of Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students. He discusses student discipline reform, student disability policies, abeyance agreements, and pressures on institutions to ‘look as though they have no problems,' and more in light of recent school shootings. ABOUT MAX EDEN. Max Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Before joining MI, he was program manager of the education policy studies department at the American Enterprise Institute. Eden's research interests include early education, school choice, and federal education policy. He was coeditor, with Frederick M. Hess, of The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States (2017). Eden's work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets, such as the Journal of School Choice, Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, National Review, Claremont Review of Books, and The Weekly Standard. He holds a B.A. in history from Yale University. WHO IS IN CHARGE OF STUDENT SAFETY? 43 states have laws for school safety plans, but there is minimal accountability. Schools submit logs to denote that drills were conducted and nobody at the state-level offers feedback. It's the difference between completing a requirement and learning from an activity. DISCIPLINE POLICY. Mr. Eden has written extensively about the complexities of inconsistent applications of discipline policy. He discusses what gets reported and considerations of the perceived interplay of personal and institutional biases in discipline and consequences. Dr. Perrodin iterates the absence of inter-rater reliability between states and notes the examples of North Carolina having more than 100 possible reporting codes for school discipline infraction - including affray which is defined as an instance of fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace. Administrative discretion versus zero-tolerance policies were also scrutinized in this episode. Policies are applied differently for students identified with disabilities due to certain legal protections. BUYING ACCESS. David sought Max's response to the article Superintendents Association Recommends School Security Companies — for a Fee. Safety Experts Call It ‘Buying Access' and Decry Lack of Transparency (by Mark Keierleber of the74million.org; October 21, 2019). Are national and state school organizations selling out to vendors? In Keierleber's article, he writes, “[The] company and others like it pay $18,000 a year for the right to call themselves “School Solutions” partners with AASA, The School Superintendents Association — an arrangement that has raised ethical questions among some security experts. THE SILENT SHAME OF ABEYANCE AGREEMENTS. Schools have a tool, often per the guidance of their attorney, to deliver a lesser form of discipline that isn't reportable to any local, state or federal entity. What is an abeyance agreement and how is it undermining student safety? PRESSURES TO PORTRAY A GLOWING SCHOOL IMAGE. In the modern age of open enrollment and government shaming for reporting “authentic” discipline figures, schools are actively managing their public image. School-shopping parents, local realtors, businesses and powerful local interests want “good” schools and not “honest” schools. Dr. Perrodin shares his own account of this as a school administrator and how perception was valued over reality. FOLLOW DR. PERRODIN: Twitter @SafetyPhD and subscribe to The Safety Doc YouTube channel & Apple Podcasts. SAFETY DOC WEBSITE & BLOG: www.safetyphd.com The Safety Doc Podcast is hosted & produced by David Perrodin, PhD. ENDORSEMENTS. Opinions are those of the host & guests. The show adheres to nondiscrimination principles while seeking to bring forward productive discourse & debate on topics relevant to personal or institutional safety. LOOKING FOR DR. TIMOTHY LUDWIG, PHD? Dr. Perrodin's “Safety Doc Podcast” negotiates school and community safety. To be informed about industrial safety, please contact Appalachian State University Professor Dr. Timothy Ludwig, PhD, at www.safety-doc.com. This is episode 111. Purchase Dr. Perrodin's Book: School of Errors – Rethinking School Safety in America. www.schooloferrors.com

In our Newsmaker Interview, Bob talks with Max Eden, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, on the gravely misguided policies that he believes are contributing to shocking tragedies such as the Parkland school shooting, the subject of his new book, Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students. Stories of the Week: At Edison High... Source

In this episode, we talk with the co-author of "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students." He discusses student disability policies, pressures on institutions to 'look as though they have no problems,' and more in light of recent school shootings. For more information, visit www.edchoice.org.

On this very special episode of the Left Of Greg podcast, Greg and Brian are joined by author and school safety activist Andrew Pollack. Andrew Pollacks' daughter, Meadow, was murdered on February 14th, 2018 in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in Parkland, Florida. During the weeks and months after Meadow's murder, Mr. Pollack became increasingly frustrated with the lack of answers and accountability from the Florida school system.In order to uncover the reasons why Meadow died, Andrew teamed up with education policy expert Max Eden and wrote: "Why Meadow Died: The People and the Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students." In this book, Mr. Pollack articulates the failed policies and procedures, as well as the lack of accountability, that became major contributing factors in the death of his daughter.The book is titled: "Why Meadow Died: The People and the Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students."YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1S7E4hgSfLVWi4jGlKKqawWebsite: https://www.arcadiacognerati.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/A_CogneratiFaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/HBPRA/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arcadia_cognerati/Music by: https://soundcloud.com/kabbalisticvillageSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/LeftOfGreg/)

On this episode of the Bill Bennett Show, Bill spoke with Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and co-author of the new book "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created The Parkland Shooter and Endanger American's Students". Also Joel Farkas joined the show. He's the Director of the American Strategy Group. He shared his perspective on the China trade war and the U.S. economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Michael sits down with Andrew Pollack & Max Eden, authors of the book "Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students". Andrew discusses how the events that led to his daughters passing at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas incident incensed him to look deeper into the outlying causes, and commit to the work he is doing today to make America's schools safer.

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It's Back to School time already, but are your kids safe? The school safety conversation in the media has centered around gun control, but the gun violence narrative is obscuring risky education and discipline policies that might place students in danger. Education researcher Max Eden joins She Thinks to talk about the new book he co-authored with Parkland parent Andy Pollack, what every parent needs to know as they send their kids back to school this fall, and how families can get their power back to ensure their kids are safe.

Guest Bios Show Transcript When a society denies human depravity and sin, the results can be absolutely devastating. And this week on The Roys Report, we'll be exploring what led to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which claimed the lives of 17 people. Joining me will be Max Eden, an author and investigator who says the shooter clearly communicated his murderous intent. But instead of expelling him, the school sought to heal him, and to correct the “injustices” that it believed caused his violence. I really hope you can join us for The Roys Report, this Saturday morning at 11 on AM 1160 Hope for Your Life and on Sunday night at 7 on AM 560 The Answer! This Weeks Guests Max Eden . . . is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Before joining MI, he was program manager of the education policy studies department at the American Enterprise Institute. Eden's research interests include early education, school choice, and federal education policy. He was coeditor, with Frederick M. Hess, of The Every Student Succeeds Act: What It Means for Schools, Systems, and States (2017). Eden's work has appeared in scholarly and popular outlets, such as the Journal of School Choice, Encyclopedia of Education Economics and Finance, Washington Post, U.S. News and World Report, National Review, Claremont Review of Books, and The Weekly Standard. He holds a B.A. in history from Yale University. Show Transcript Note: This transcript has been edited slightly for continuity. Segment 1 JULIE ROYS:  Well, it was the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. But according to my guest today, it was also the most preventable. Welcome to The Roys Report, brought to you in part by Judson University. I'm Julie Roys. And today, we're examining what led to the school shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018. That shooting in Parkland, Florida, claimed the lives of 17 people. But my guest today says the shooter was a psychopath with an established pattern of violence and murderous intent. But administrators did nothing to stop him. Why? Well, in part because of career ambition and bad, liberal policies. But more fundamentally, because administrators had a faulty view of both reality and mankind. My guest today is co-author of a new book Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students. This book is already a number-one best-seller on Amazon and it actually doesn't release until Tuesday! But I've been able to read a pre-release copy. And what this book describes is absolutely shocking. When he was just 2 years old, the Parkland shooter—Nicolas Cruz—reportedly tossed a 4-month-old baby into a pool. In pre-K, Cruz had to wear a restrictive harness just to ride the school bus. In middle school, he made a video of himself drowning a cat. In high school, Cruz was constantly talking about guns, a desire to kill, and even to cannibalize other people. He vandalized Stoneman Douglas High School, left death threats, attacked other students, and brought weapons to school. But instead of expelling Cruz, administrators tried to manage his behavior. And instead of arresting him, administrators and police minimized his behavior. Again, the question is why? Why didn't administrators or someone in authority do something? Well, joining me to discuss this is Max Eden. He's the co-author of Why Meadow Died. He's also a senior fellow at The Manhattan Institute who's done extensive research on education policy and school discipline. So Max, welcome! It is a pleasure to have you! MAX EDEN:  Yeah, thank you so much for having me, Julie. JULIE ROYS:  So, Max, help us understand this mind-boggling failure that led this school to really ignore all of these red flags and allow this violent man really free reign to wreak havoc there at the school. What happened?  MAX EDEN:  Yes.  It's a big story to tell. So I think it might be good to start with a little bit of what happened with him in middle school—a little bit of what happened with him in high school. Which both cases relate to broader themes and as you said it's kind of a misconception of the notion of man, that is kind of reigning in the way that schools look at kids, right? And in middle school, the student, his behavior was recorded. He was suspended every other day for a calendar year. He was talking about guns and any chance he could get he was threatening students. He was talking to them about skinning animals. Teachers were so scared of him that they eventually said that he can't walk anywhere in school without a security guard next to him. And when that wasn't enough, they called his mom to have his mom walk with him and the security guard in school. This went on for a year, at this level, before they managed to transfer him to a specialized school. And that relates to, you know, the way that schools view disturbed students as having a disability and requiring a whole lot of paperwork to properly and scientifically manage rather than understanding that, you know, there is evil within some young men and some young women. So yeah, we can talk more about that later. The other, kind of starting point is what happened with him in high school, in which case his behavior wasn't recorded. We have security staff; you have teachers saying he was brought to the office all the time. But you don't see a record for him. You have students saying we told administrators that he threatened to kill us. And you don't see a record of that either. You know, the only time he was officially disciplined, in his first semester, was a time when his normal assistant principal was off campus. And then they took him drawing swastikas on lunchroom tables, labeled it vandalism and did nothing further. That relates to this pressure to try to fix the so-called school-to-prison pipeline by lowering suspensions, lowering expulsions, lowering arrests, basically pressuring school administers to show that there are no problems, in reality, by not recording them. And so, every step of the way, there were these decisions that were made that were obviously grossly irresponsible but made perfect sense given the policies and the policies made perfect sense given the kind of ideology that was reigning in the Broward County schools. And is becoming ever more pervasive across American education in general. JULIE ROYS:  Well, yeah, you're right. Reigning in Broward County but the reason we're talking about this is because you would think after something like this happens, administrators would go, “wow this was a big mistake. Let's make sure we're not doing this anywhere in the country.” But it's kind of the exact opposite. This is reigning throughout our schools. And you're right. There's this ideology behind it. And it's one that doesn't recognize evil. It seems to me, it sort of paints evil as not something as we understand it in the Judeo-Christian world view, that it's something that is from the depravity of mankind. Our rebellion against God. That we are fallen creatures. But now evil is something that's sort of a social construct and it's often because of the oppression that we've experienced and so we have these social justice policies that are instituted in the schools. One of them, I understand, this Promise Program actually keeps students in public schools from being reported to police, being arrested for crimes that they should be arrested for. That would have given, Nicolas Cruz, the shooter in Parkland, an arrest warrant so when he went to get a gun, he wouldn't have been able to. But they didn't do that because of this Promise Program. Describe that program—where it comes from and how it was instituted. MAX EDEN:  Yeah, so, I'll start with the program and get to where it comes from and work our way back to the ideology behind it, right? The Promise Program on paper, basically gives students 3 free misdemeanors every single year. So your 4th misdemeanor in a given year, you can then finally talk to the school resource officer. Whether or not the school resource officer does anything is still open. But 3 free misdemeanors a year instead of being introduced to the juvenile justice system. And you go to this alternative education sight for a few days where, you know, nothing really happens. In reality the leader there was a horrifically abusive woman who demeaned her colleagues consistently and was eventually removed. But when you give kids 3 free misdemeanors a year and when you also, you know, on the side literally train principals to refuse to cooperate with law enforcement or refuse to let law enforcement on campus, if they're trying to execute an arrest warrant, then arrests will go down.  And if your view of, you know, your view of men, your view of kids, if you look at these spreadsheets where you see African American students, students who are designated with disabilities, are “disproportionately” disciplined, disproportionately arrested. If when you see that you don't admit that this behavior can have a root in, you know, what is going on within the child, that can have roots in what's going on in the child's home and society around them. Then these disparities become entirely inexplicable in any way other than this must be the school's fault, you know. This must be a product of institutional racism, institutional oppression—that the school and the police are, you know, actively pushing on innocent young men and women. And if you think that, then there should be no cost to dramatically decreasing arrests. But, you know, it's not quite the case. The Promise Program was a national leader in this. It was the diversionary program and then all these other leniency policies around it which are very quickly taken by the Obama Department of Education. Superintendent Arnie Duncan, who was a former colleague of Broward Superintendent Robert Runcie, and he saw oh arrests are going down. This looks great. These disparities are being closed. This is clearly working. And he took this policy and made it into a federal guidance document that basically threatened and coerced school districts across the country saying if you don't follow suit, by trying to get all these numbers down, we will come after you. And we might take away your money. And so the ideology behind it that started as a more a contained thing, you know, used to be just the province of some academics has now become those functionally and also ideologically kind of de rigueur for public school across the country. JULIE ROYS:  So, it is instituted all over and Arnie Duncan,  those of us listening in Chicago where this show originates, know that name. He was very instrumental here in Chicago then goes to the federal government and institutes a lot of these programs.  Again, this was under the Obama Administration. But is it still happening right now? MAX EDEN:  Well, the federal push for it is no longer happening. After the Parkland shooting, the Trump Administration made a School Safety Commission to investigate what went wrong, issue recommendations. One recommendation was to stop pushing these policies at the federal level. So the Department of Education is no longer threatening school districts to implement these policies but that doesn't mean that they're going anywhere.  JULIE ROYS:  Right and they have the same administrators. MAX EDEN:  Oh yeah. The same administrators, the same incentives. I mean, they're going nowhere fast unless parents wake up. JULIE ROYS:  Right. Well again, that's Max Eden, author of Why Meadow died and a senior fellow with The Manhattan Institute.  I'm Julie Roys. You're listening to The Roys Report.  If you'd like to weigh in, the number to call is 312-660-2594.  Segment 2 JULIE ROYS:  Well, was the Parkland School shooting the most preventable mass murder in US history? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And according to my guest today, the shooter who killed 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High School last year, had a long history of violent and disturbing behavior. But administrators and police refused to recognize and contain evil—and instead tried to manage and heal it.  Again, joining me today is Max Eden, author of Why Meadow Died, and a senior fellow with the Manhattan Institute. This book releases on Tuesday and if you'd like to get a copy, I am giving away about 5 copies today. Just go to JulieRoys.com/giveaway and you can enter that giveaway to receive the book. Again, JulieRoys.com/giveaway to get the book Why Meadow Died. Also, you can join our conversation. The number to call:  312-660-2594. Or you can join the discussion online by going to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. Or on Twitter, my handle is @reachjulieroys. Max, I want to, I know we're talking a lot about sort of the below the water line issues; the ideology that leads to these shootings and just ignoring these violent tendencies in people. But I also want to honor the victim. And this is why this book is called Why Meadow Died. Meadow was an 18-year-old student at Stoneman Douglas High School. She lost her life tragically because administrators didn't do what they were supposed to do.  Her father, Andrew, I understand, now has become sort of a crusader, even though he doesn't like that name. But he is really making some changes at the policy level because of what happened to his daughter. Can you tell us a little bit more about Meadow—who she was and how she lost her life in this tragic shooting? MAX EDEN:  Yeah. I mean Meadow was, you know, Andy describes her, my co-author Andrew Pollack, describes her as an all-American girl, you know. A girl who could go off-roading, do ATV's with her brothers one day and, you know, be kind of the super-model, girly girl the next. The kind of girl who whenever there was anybody new at school, she would go up to them and she would introduce herself and talk to them and then try to figure out who would this person like. And how can I introduce this person to a friend and make this person feel welcome, you know. She was, I never got the chance to meet her, but she was both, you know, a beautiful, kind soul but also one who could be, you know, fierce and protective over others. And one thing Andy says with mixed pride—very mixed emotions, you know. She was shot 5 times on the 3rd floor of the school and she crawls across the hallway, sees a Freshman and tries to drape her body over the freshman's body to protect her, only to be shot 4 more times between the two. A gunman who got on campus that day despite the fact that security monitors saw him getting out of the Uber. Recognized him as—that's crazy boy, that's the guy who we thought would shoot up the school. I can see that he's carrying a rifle bag. I don't want to approach him because maybe he has a hand gun but even after I hear large percussion noises coming out of the school, I don't want to call a Code Red. Because I didn't see the weapon and if it's not really, you know, a mass murder going on, I'd be the one to get in trouble if I called for a Code Red. So, you know, in that one incident it's kind of relates to what happened the whole way through. This effort to not, you know, look bad on paper, by the adults, led to these extremely bad decisions all the way through that culminated in the security guard, whose one job is to alert the school to an intruder. Knowing who just came on campus, being pretty sure what was going on and still not being willing to make a call that would have saved her life for fear that he would look bad for doing it. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah. That chapter where you describe the shooting, I mean, you just can't read that chapter and not just be very emotionally affected. I was reading it yesterday. My husband comes in and he's like “What's the matter with you.” And I'm like, “Oh my word.” I mean it's so tragic. And I think the thing that made me the angriest was the actual person on the grounds, on campus, who actually had a gun that day, who was too cowardly to do anything. The one police officer who was there. Right? MAX EDEN:  Yes and more than that. I mean, Scott Peterson, the school Resource Officer, was the one man on campus with a gun. He was taken over to the building in a little golf cart and rather than approach the building, he went to the building next door and remained in place for 48 minutes. And not only did he remain in place, he actually called out, do not approach the 1200 building where it was happening. Stay at least 500 feet away. And maybe in part, because of that warning, maybe not, there were 7 other Broward Sheriff's deputies who arrived on scene while the shooting was still unfolding. And all 7 of them remained outside the building. Not one of the 8 police officers who were on the scene, while there were shots ringing out from within a school, went into that school, you know. The shooter would have had 11 full minutes to himself in a building with 800 students because not one man, sworn to protect the public, decided to step into that building. JULIE ROYS:  Man. And isn't sort of the protocol now that the minute you hear anything, the protocol is you're, policemen, security, everybody is supposed to go and confront the gunman. Yes? MAX EDEN:  Well, in most places yes. I mean, ever since Columbine, the protocol has been if there's a shooting, if there's a school shooting, you don't negotiate, you don't wait outside, you go straight in. But Broward Sheriff, Scott Israel, quite an ideological kind of guy, in many ways, he changed his policy from, his active shooter policy, from the deputies shall go in, to the deputies may go in. So, in this sick way, with these 8 deputies, standing outside the building, thinking to themselves full well, must have been thinking, there are children being murdered right in front of me. The decision to not go in was actually in accordance with the policy set by their boss.  JULIE ROYS:  Unbelievable! And, you know, this Broward County Sheriff, the quote that's in the book is absolutely breathtaking. He had a quote, “We measure our success by the kids we keep out of jail, not by the kids we put in jail.” So you have a Sheriff's Department who, so it's not just schools who led to this failure and this shooting, it was the Sheriff's Department as well. They received, initially I think it, wasn't it reported that they received 23 calls to Nicolas Cruz' home. And they protested and said, no, no, no it wasn't 23. Well then when they when there went more research, and went into the books, we found out they received 45 calls to Cruz' home, none of which resulted in an arrest. Correct? MAX EDEN:  That's correct. And this is, again, you know, to take it below water. This is downstream from the ideology we were talking about earlier right? I mean, I think the Judeo-Christian view of the State's rule of law, is to try to contain evil, and try to maintain order. But this alternative division suggests that, you know, it's the police who are the oppressors and any apparent statistical inequities are a product of police iniquity. And that the police need to be reined in. So when you, you know, when you do that, you think to yourself, well we have to stop arresting kids full stop. That is how we do our jobs as, you know, members of law enforcement by not enforcing our law. Because we view ourselves to be untrustworthy. That's the Sheriff Israel ideology. And I think the most remarkable, you know, concrete manifestation of that in this place, in this case, was a mom called the Broward Sheriff's office. And she said my daughter told me that she saw a post on Instagram, by this individual, saying I am going to get this gun and I'm going to shoot up the school. And the Broward Sheriff's Deputy, Edward Eason, allegedly said to her, well that's protected by the First Amendment.  JULIE ROYS:  Oh, oh, oh! Man! MAX EDEN:  Which, suffice to say, it's not. And then when the mom said well how could we prevent him from getting a gun when he turns 18? And he said well that's protected by the Second.  Which, suffice to say, if he threatened to kill, it's not. But if you're under pressure to not arrest juveniles, you're not going to arrest juveniles. JULIE ROYS:  That is unbelievable. I think that Sheriff's deputy needs to be instructed a little bit that there is something called the clear and present danger with speech. And when there's a clear and present danger, that is not protected. That is one when we say, no, you can't have that speech. I mean, these are death threats. And that wasn't the only one, was it? MAX EDEN:  Oh no, that wasn't the only one. And he threatened to kill several of his classmates while in Stillman Douglas. And they told me, they told, they brought it to the school's attention. Nothing was done. I think, you know, the other maybe most dramatic, jaw-dropping thing for your listeners to understand and again they need to understand, it's just . . . JULIE ROYS:  All right. Hold that thought. Hold that thought, Max. When we come back, we'll get to that jaw-dropping thing that you have to say. Again, the number to call 312-660-2594. I'll get to your calls when I come back. And again, we'll hear more from Max Eden, author of Why Meadow Died and a senior fellow with The Manhattan Institute.  3rd Segment When a society denies the existence of evil, the results can be devastating. Welcome back to The Roys Report, brought to you in part by Judson University.  I'm Julie Roys.  And today, we're discussing the most deadly school shooting in U.S. history—and the faulty worldview that led to it. That shooting occurred on February 14, 2018, at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. And the shooter—Nikolas Cruz—had a well-documented history of violence, death threats, and an obsession with guns. Yet liberal school administrators refused to acknowledge evil. They refused to acknowledge the depravity of mankind. And as a result, 17 people lost their lives.  Joining me today is Max Eden, co-author of Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies That Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students. Our studio lines are open, and you can join our discussion, as well. The number to call is 312-660-2594. Or you can join the online discussion by going to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. And on Twitter, our handle is @ReachJulieRoys. Max, I want to get to a caller who just called. But first, I want to give you an opportunity to, you had a jaw-dropping point of detail that you were going to mention right before the break. So let me give you an opportunity to mention that. MAX EDEN:  Yeah, I mean so, it's the, it's kind of a, there was this one week, the week that he turned 18 years old, he got into this big fight at school. He called a student the N-word, attacked him, several students wrote statements to the administrators saying, you know, “this kid has threatened to kill us, brought knives to school, brought bullets to school. We're so scared of him.” That same week, the mental health authorities were called out 3 times, once to his house, twice to his school, for concerns that he was getting into fights with his mother. That he was trying to kill himself. That he had written “kill” at the top of his notebook because he was getting into a fight with his mom about whether or not he could buy a gun. Not one of those times did the mental health authorities think, “Oh, we need to take a look at this kid. Do we need to take him under observation?” And when faced with all of this, the school administrators didn't think to themselves, “Wow, this kid is dangerous. He needs to be introduced to the juvenile justice system.” What they were operating under was, according to the superintendent, the philosophy that we aren't going to continue to arrest our kids and give them a criminal record. So rather than have him arrested at any point in this week, based on his behavior, they literally said to him, “You are not allowed to bring a backpack to school anymore. And we're going to frisk you every day for fear that you might be carrying a deadly weapon.” So, something is profoundly wrong when adults who we trust with the care of our students can look at a kid and say, “You're too dangerous. We think you're going to bring in a deadly weapon, so we're going to prevent you from having the opportunity, frisk you to make super sure, but heaven forbid we introduce you to the police.” JULIE ROYS: Yeah, well it makes me wonder, what would it take to actually get arrested in Broward County schools when, I mean, this guy did everything you have to do. And we had a caller call in, she's anonymous, wanted to stay anonymous, didn't want to stay on the ine, but she said, “Why is it that we have this rights of one person—Nikolas Cruz—that seems to trump all the rights of all these students within the school as well as the teachers and the faculty, clearly a danger to them. Why is that? MAX EDEN:  Yeah, you know, it's an outgrowth of the ideology, right? I mean, this is, he's labelled as having a disability, right? And you're granted a whole bunch of rights if you have a disability. And nothing in federal law says that those rights need to be weighed against the rights of other students. This becomes extremely problematic when we label students who are deeply emotionally disturbed as having an emotional and behavioral disability. At that point, school administrators have to consider their rights and literally aren't supposed to consider and weigh the rights of other students with them. They need to manage these students with an eye towards their quote-unquote rights. And totally in keeping with all the paperwork burdens to be placed upon them. So, normal human judgment, you know, the decisions that we should be able to trust the adults to make, they can't make. Because we tell them, “you can only consider the rights of the troubled kids. And you have to do everything you're doing through a lens of paperwork and bureaucracy rather than intuition and human judgment.” JULIE ROYS: Right. And to me, if you're going to follow it to its logical conclusion, we just get rid of our entire penal system, right? I mean, why even have it? Right? MAX EDEN:  Yeah, that is, they got quite close to that in the Broward County schools. This wasn't in the book. This came out 2 weeks ago in a poll. The Broward teacher's union polled their teachers. 1287 responded. Out of those teachers, only 3 expected that if a student were to assault a teacher, the student would be arrested. JULIE ROYS: Good grief. MAX EDEN:  Compared to 7 who thought the student would get a treat. JULIE ROYS: Wow. And I have to say that my husband spent his career in the public-school system. He's a retired public-school teacher. And I remember him escorting a student down the hall, and the student attacked him. And that student, that was his last day at the school. He was gone. Immediately. So, I thank God that the school he worked in seemed to acknowledge that this is important. And that these students can't be in there if they're behaving that way. But clearly, not happening in Broward County. And I want to go to this, you know, this idea that these kids have emotional disabilities. It seems to me this flows from this sort of naturalistic worldview where, you know, every child is born into this world with sort of a clean slate. And it just must be these bad influences that make these children turn evil. Because there isn't real evil in their hearts. There couldn't be any true depravity. There couldn't actually be some demonic forces at play in the world. It's all some sort of naturalistic thing. We have to come up with an evolutionary, you know, way of describing this. And yet this kid—Nikolas Cruz—I mean, an adopted kid, goes into this home, as far as we know, it seems like we have a mother who is somewhat of an enabler. And she did allow him to watch violent video games, and maybe we'll talk about that a little bit too. But there doesn't seem to be, other than the fact that his adoptive father died—but he was acting out before then—I mean, can we explain this child's evil behavior? MAX EDEN:  I mean, in my opinion, it was inborn. It was, whether you're of the religious or scientific persuasion, he's born the son of a crack-addict career-criminal mother. His old sister was also a criminal. He throws an infant into a pool when he's 2 years old. There's something in the core of his soul that is, you know, that tends toward evil. But what I write in the book is that, you know, it's not a unique thing. We're supposed to build our institutions to contain our demons. And if he had institutions that were working around him, that would have seen him for what he was and responded to him as what he was, then I think that what was just an inborn, inbred desire to kill and destroy could have been contained. But he only had a mother who was herself kind of a floating atom, disconnected from the community and no religious roots. A school, a mental health system, a police force, all of which were oriented toward the path of least resistance. You know, nobody around him looked at him and thought, “there is something deeply wrong and we need to take an aggressive hand on this.” I feel like if they did, it could have been a . . .  JULIE ROYS: Max, we need to go to break. But when we come back, I want to discuss that more. Was there something demonic going on with this guy? I really do wonder that. Again, you're listening to The Roys Report.  I'm Julie Roys.  We'll be right back after a short break. 4th Segment JULIE ROYS:  Well, did Parkland school shooting victim Meadow Pollack die because school administrators failed to acknowledge the depravity of mankind and the existence of evil? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And today we're talking about what some have called the most preventable school shooting in U.S. history. The shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School on February 14, 2018, claimed the lives of 17 people. But the shooter, who had a violent history, never should have been able to buy guns. And he never should have been placed in the regular school population.  That's according to my guest this morning this morning, Max Eden, co-author of Why Meadow Died—a book on the shooting and policies that led to it. That book releases on Tuesday. If you'd like a copy, just go to, we're giving away several of them, go to JulieRoys.com/giveaway and you can enter to win a copy of this book. We've had an outstanding conversation today. If you missed any part of it, I want to let you know that you can listen to it again. We'll have a podcast up at my website in about an hour after the show ends. So just go to JulieRoys.com. Click on the podcast tab. Also, I also want to let you know that next week, leading apologist, Dr. Michael Brown, will be joining me to answer skeptics' toughest questions about Christianity. You may remember, about a month ago, Hillsong songwriter, Marty Sampson, said that he was losing his faith because he couldn't find answers to questions like, “why would God send anyone to hell?” Or, “Aren't there a lot of contradictions in the Bible?” Well Dr. Brown is someone who has been discussing tough questions like that for the past 40 years. And if you'd like to submit a question for Dr. Brown to answer, just email us at The Roys Report at JulieRoys.com. But returning to our discussion this morning, again joining me is Max Eden. And Max before the break we were talking just shortly and you know, when you talk about this in the general population people kind of look at you like you're a little nuts, if you think that something might have a demonic component. But like you said, this shooter, Nikolas Cruz, had seemed troubled and actually violent from the very beginning. Even as early as two years old and even in Pre-K he was having all sorts of trouble. In kindergarten having all sorts of trouble. What do you think about that? Do you think there was some demonic component that this man needed to be treated by people that understand the spiritual dimension? MAX EDEN: Yeah, I mean, I think there was certainly evil to it. I am somewhat agnostic on the demonic mechanism, but I think, if you're less agnostic than that, there's plenty of evidence to suggest there was something like that at work. I mean, this is a kid who, you know, whenever the word gun was mentioned in middle school, he would light up. And just you know, he would get excited. And when he was sent to a specialized school, he told them, you know, “I had a dream of killing and being covered in blood.” I think this extends beyond, you know, normal psychology. Clearly into the realm of evil. He later, you know, told the police officers that he did what he did because of demon voices that he heard in his head. We have some reason to doubt that because we know that he Googled for ways to appear insane after committing murder. But that, you know, doesn't solve the question. That begs a further question of, you know, what is going on inside a human soul that would Google, “how do I appear insane after killing.” And who would have this clearly expressed desire to kill since a very young age. I mean it goes beyond I think crime, law and order, beyond traditional mental health things, and clearly into the realm of evil. The mechanism of that is somewhat above my pay grade but it is evil. JULIE ROYS:  Well, and didn't Roxanne Duchamp, is that how you pronounce her name?  MAX EDEN: Yeah, yeah, she said, she mentioned when the killer was staying with them, shortly after his mom died, about a month before, that in the evening she would hole up in her room, kind of barricading the door and hearing demon noises coming out from him. So, you know, there's a very strong case. The fact pattern is there for anybody persuaded to it. Personally, I am persuaded to the existence of evil. And demonic possession, it's a mechanism that would fit the facts.  JULIE ROYS:  Yeah, it sure would. I know I was talking about this last night at the dinner table with my husband and my daughter. We have such delightful conversations at dinner time. But, yeah I mean, I couldn't help but be talking about this because you read this book and it's so shocking and it's disturbing. But when I mentioned this, that Roxanne said she slept, you know, heard these demon noises, slept with the door barricaded and with a machete in hand she said. Which I thought that was interesting—she had a machete at home, it's not something most of us have—but anyway. She said my daughter said, “Why didn't they call police?” And I'm like well, you know it happened 45 times and they did absolutely nothing. So, I mean, what do you in that situation? You've got this man living at home with these, you know, terrible impulses. But again, everyone seemed to not know what to do about it. We've explored the demonic a little bit. I also want to talk about these violent video games. And again, this is one of those things, there's a lot of kids out there playing violent video games. For the majority of them, they don't become psychopathic killers as a result. But for some, it seems to have a very bad influence and this guy was pretty much, I mean it sounds like just someone who just played video games all the time, correct? MAX EDEN:  Yes, he and the Newton shooter are very, very similar in this regard. I mean, neither of them had much of a social life beyond online and single player shooting video games. And at his house, his mom, according to a social worker, that whenever he lost at a shooting game that he would become so violent as to punch holes in the wall. She said, you know, my walls are polka dotted from all the spackle I have to use to cover the holes. This kid had no friends, had no, you know, no civil society around him, no religion around him. He went to the school and he played violent video games. And one of his teachers wrote, wrote down, you know, I think this student's a profound danger to himself and others at the school. I don't think he can tell the difference between violent video games and reality. So it's the kind of thing where I think, you know, most kids can play and there will be only a mildly corrupting force. But for it to have this in them, I do think like we've seen enough examples where it seems to really, so profoundly warp their understanding of the world that they end up playing out in real life what they've played out in video games.  JULIE ROYS:  I laugh at the mildly corrupting force yet we seem to be so willing to let it into our homes. The whole violent video game thing, don't even get me started. The other thing—you just touched on this—but when I was reading your book I was like what? And the teacher said when he loses at X-Box he gets violently angry and I'm sitting there asking myself, why is this kid playing X-Box at school? Can you help me understand that?  MAX EDEN:  The teacher recorded his mother saying that.  JULIE ROYS: Oh, his mother's saying that. OK, I must've misread that. MAX EDEN:  The mother, you know, whenever, she didn't know what to do with him because he needed to be on his X-Box and when he wasn't on his X-Box he was upset. And then he would get his X-Box and he lost he would get extra upset. And this is part of the failure and I didn't go into it as much as I could in the book, largely because the woman is dead and there's no further work to be done. But you know, she had no idea what to do. She knew that her son had profound evil around him and she, a few months before her death, told a bank teller, you know, “if something happens to me, you'll know it was Nick.” But she genuinely didn't know what to do. And she didn't have any community, any support, any religious sort of organization around her that could help her deal with the evil that was in her home.  JULIE ROYS:  Right. And that's another aspect of this, too. I think that there's this woman, trying to raise a son by herself. Her husband's passed away, and she has no real family support. She has no faith community. And it used to be in society, those were our backdrops, right? And, I mean, that's what girded people up. And I know, I mean, for myself that it is what, what is my support. But for a lot of people that don't have this and so this elimination of sort of understanding of faith and family and even the support where we have often these students who get in trouble. And instead of the family's sort of, like for me, when I got in trouble as a kid, didn't happen a lot, but if I ever did, I knew full well that my parents weren't going to be backing me up. They're going to be backing the school up and I'd better get in line, right? But it's kind of the opposite right now, isn't it at the schools? MAX EDEN:  Yeah, no, it's flipped. I mean this ideology isn't just in government, it's also, you know, amongst parents. Like, “My kid has rights, what are you doing to my kid? If my kid gets in trouble, it must be your fault.” I mean part of the reason why, you know, a student like him at a school like Stoneman Douglas; very upper middle class, affluent, allegedly a very safe school. Students with “disabilities” kind of had the run of the mill because administrators were worried that a parent might come to the school and, you know, basically sue them or make their life heck for trying to proverbially lay a hand on their kid. I think that, you know, it used to be that schools were kind of an outgrowth of the community's moral order—kind of a further exertion of, you know, the parental influence. But as so many other things in society have inverted or realigned. I think schools are being blamed not only by policy makers, not only by bureaucrats but by parents for any problems that kids experience.  JULIE ROYS:  So, for the people listening right now who are like, I want to do something about this. And I know Andrew Pollack has been just such an incredible force in trying to get things done and policies changed. What can we do? How can we be a part of positive change?  MAX EDEN:  Yeah. So, the thing that parents need to understand is that the story that we tell in this book is about Parkland and about Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. But it's not a story that's confined to there. This is a story that's playing out in thousands of schools across America every day because these same policy pressures are at work. You know, heaven forbid it ever again leads to a such an extreme version. But it will and does—every day—lead to violence that goes unaddressed, leads to bullying that is unaddressed. Threats that are allowed to slide by because of this pressure to not take a firm hand. And I think that the first thing parents need to do is to talk to their teachers. And ask them, you know, “Are administrators hiding things? Are they refusing to enforce rules? Is there a student in my kid's classroom who everybody knows shouldn't be there?” And the teachers aren't going to want to speak up because, not to the public as themselves, at least, because they fear retaliation. But they can tell the parents. And if the parents hear this from the teachers, they need to go to the school board members. And they need to say to them, “We know this is what's going on in our kids' schools. Our teachers are too afraid to speak out. This is unacceptable and you need to change these policies.” Because like we talked about earlier, the federal government is no longer pushing it but this kind of bureaucratic apparatus that runs education at a higher level is—the inertia there is going to keep on militating towards it. The only thing that can make schools safer is parents getting informed and involved. And going to their school board members to identify these problems are occurring and to demand that these policies change if they are.  JULIE ROYS:  Well, I so appreciate my daughter Ashley goes to a Christian school and I appreciate that they have a proper worldview.  So, I think they will deal with these sorts of things in that way. But I think it's important for us, like you say, go to your kids, talk to your kids, find out what's happening in the schools. And go to the teachers, go to the administrators, get involved as parents. You know scripture says the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. It stuns me how people who are so smart can, in some senses, can be so dumb. To me, that's precisely what led to this Parkland shooting. Administrators and police refusing to see evil as a real thing stemming from the depravity in man's heart and Satan himself. Instead, they viewed it as a social construct or the result of oppression. They sought to manage it or appease it, instead of confront it and contain it. And as a result, Meadow Pollack and 16 other people, were mowed down by a murderous psychopath. What's mind-boggling is that these faulty policies are still in place in many schools. So, appreciate you so much, Max, for writing this book. Thanks for listening today. Again, if you missed any part of this program, just go to JulieRoys.com. You can get the audio there. Thanks so much for listening. Hope you have a great weekend and God bless!   Read more

Guest Bios Show Transcript When a society denies human depravity and sin, the results can be absolutely devastating. And this week on The Roys Report, we'll be exploring what led to the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, which claimed the lives of 17 people. Joining me will be Max Eden, an author and investigator who says the shooter clearly communicated his murderous intent. But instead of expelling him, the school sought to heal him, and to correct the “injustices” that it believed caused his violence.

What Caused The Parkland Shootings Today's topics include: First up, tonight the Packers and the Bears will begin the NFL's 100th season...but there may never have been a bigger imbecile than Antonio Brown. Next, Max Eden (leading national expert on educational policy & co-author, along with co-author Andrew Pollack, of the new book 'Why Meadow Died') talks to John about his new book, and why Obama-era policies might be to blame in having the Parkland school shooter slip through the cracks. And finally, Roger L. Simon (co-founder and CEO Emeritus at PJ Media & author of the new novel 'The GOAT') discusses why conservatives need to construct their own Hollywood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Guest Bios Show Transcript How should churches minister to abused women? And what does biblical submission look like when husbands fail to love and honor their wives? This week on The Roys Report, we'll be tackling this sensitive, yet critically important issue with Judi Noble—an abuse survivor and counselor with decades of experience ministering to abused and battered wives. Listen and join the discussion this Saturday morning at 11 a.m. 1160 Hope for Your Life and Sunday at 7 p.m. on AM 560 The Answer.  This Weeks Guests Judi Noble Judi Noble is a domestic violence survivor, who started Eagle's Wings Organization in 1996 and is still the acting Executive Director. She has channeled her passion to see that women and their children live in a free, safe and loving environment.   Judi is an author, public speaker, certified domestic violence advocate/counselor, Biblical counselor, and certified life coach.  She now pursing the ordination track through the Free Methodist Church. Ms. Noble life's work is to ensure that survivors of domestic violence are treated with justice, dignity, and honor  Show Transcript Segment 1 JULIE ROYS:  Welcome to The Roys Report, brought to you in part by Judson University. I'm so glad you're with us. I am Julie Roys. And today, we're going to be tackling an extremely important topic in the church, but one that, sadly, rarely gets addressed. And that is the issue of abusive marriages and how the church should minister to abused women.  As some recent scandals have shown, this is an area where the church definitely needs to grow. Last year, you may remember, there was a controversy involving a prominent Southern Baptist preacher and seminary president, Paige Patterson. And at the center of that controversy was Patterson's advice for abused women.  Patterson was asked, for example, whether he condones abused women seeking a divorce. Patterson said that he's never counseled anybody to seek a divorce. He said, on occasions when the abuse is “serious enough” or “dangerous enough,” he has suggested temporary separation. But he added that most abuse is, and I quote, “of a less serious variety.” On another occasion, Patterson admitted that he had urged a woman who was being abused by her husband to stay in her abusive marriage and to pray for her husband. Later, this woman, reportedly, arrived at church with two black eyes, and she asked Patterson if he was pleased. Patterson said he was pleased because apparently, that morning the husband had come to church and prayed to receive Christ. Well, many in the church found Patterson's responses shocking. Patterson has since been removed from his position as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. And there were some other issues involved with that, with Patterson as well. But many people say these kinds of responses and attitudes are rampant in the church. Just last week, I published the first of two articles about abused women at Harvest Bible Chapel. These women say the church failed to protect them, but instead protected their abusive husbands. And instead of rescuing them from a nightmare marriage, the church prolonged and even exacerbated the issue. And if you want to read those articles, you can read them at my website:  JulieRoys.com. But just how should churches respond when, well, when women indicate that they're being abused? And what constitutes abuse? And what are the signs of abuse that pastors and lay people should look for? Well, joining me today is someone who can help us with those answers. Her name is Judi Noble. And she's a certified domestic violence advocate and counselor with decades of experience helping abused and battered women. She's also the founder and executive director of Eagle's Wings—an organization that treats both abused and abusers. And she's the author of Radical Reconciliation, a book that tells her story of fleeing an abusive marriage when she was pregnant with her first child. So Judi, welcome! It is a pleasure to have you join me!  JUDI NOBLE:  It is an honor to be with you, Julie. Thank you so much. JULIE ROYS:  Well, I am really looking forward to discussing this issue because I think it's so important and often so overlooked. But Judi, can you just start by helping us understand the nature and the scope of this issue. I've heard that as many as 1 in 3 women have been abused by an intimate partner. That's an absolutely stunning statistic. But from your perspective, from your experience, would you say that's accurate? JUDI NOBLE:  That is very accurate. Yes. It's very under-reported at times, too, just because of the shame that correlates with the abuse. But the statistics show 1 in 3 women, yeah. JULIE ROYS:  And what about in the church? Is it any different in the church? I mean we'd like to think that people who follow Jesus Christ and claim to be professing Christians, that they're different, that there isn't this abuse? JUDI NOBLE:  That's true. That is the hope and the desire. And I know that's the desire of Christ. However, it is not much different. It's 1 in 4 have been or are being abused right now in the church. And again, it goes under-reported so we're not quite as sure if the statistics are accurate. But from our scope, it's fairly accurate. JULIE ROYS:  So, where do you get those statistics from and those kinds of studies? Is it just sort of self-reporting from churches or how do you try to measure that? JUDI NOBLE:  Actually, it is some self-recording from churches. It's what we do here. And it's also—there was a report, I think it was a Huffington report, about 2 years ago, that did a thorough investigation of abuse and these statistics. JULIE ROYS:  Well, as you say, it often goes under-reported. And it, and I was just talking to someone, actually for my second report, which will be coming out soon. And actually, if you want to make sure that you don't want to miss that, you can go to my website and sign up for updates and you'll get that article as soon as it posts. But the woman I talked to said she gave a lot of signs of abuse. But she didn't come out and she said now she's an abuse counselor. She said, she never had somebody come to her and say my husband hits me or my husband forces himself on me. That rarely happens. She said there are signs that you need to look for and when somebody is being abused, there's sort of some telltale signs. But we have to be aware of them. Would you say that's accurate? JUDI NOBLE:  Very accurate, yes. JULIE ROYS:  Yeah. So why is it, I mean, one, why is it that women aren't more forthcoming about abuse? And then, what should we be looking for? JUDI NOBLE:  I think the number one reason why they're not forthcoming is fear and shame. And especially in churches, if they are going to a pastor and if their abuser is well known in the church as a leader, there is the shame of betraying him and not wanting to reveal the characteristics of abuse. And they are usually very, very afraid that they are not going to be supported. So therefore, if they go and talk to a leader in the church, it's usually, they give them very, very little information, just enough to, hopefully, have someone ask more questions. JULIE ROYS:  And I think there's probably a fear of whether they'll be believed, especially if the person is a leader in the church that they're talking about. Because why would you believe the abused party as opposed to this leader who looks exemplary to everybody around them, right? JUDI NOBLE:  Absolutely. And that is probably the number one reason. Because if the abuser, most of them are very charming and they're very selective about who they abuse and when they abuse. And so, there's never any telltale signs of the characteristics of abuse to anyone other than the family members. And that's the confusing part. JULIE ROYS:  So, what would be some of the telltale signs that you might see and know to ask some questions or begin to look into things? JUDI NOBLE:  Well I think, number one, the beginning of it just create a safe place for her to be able to share her story. And as she shares, again, know that you're just getting a little bit, bits and pieces of the truth. Ask her if she's afraid. Ask her, what she's afraid of. But tell her, make sure you tell her this is confidential.  I'm not going to judge you. We're not here to judge. We're here to listen. We're here to take care of you. And just acknowledge her bravery. If she mentions that she feels like she's abused, if she even mentions the word, acknowledge her bravery and her courage for breaking the silence and seeking help. That's creating a safe measure for her to share more. JULIE ROYS:  How do you know, though, to even ask those things? I mean, what does a woman say or what does she indicate that makes you say there might be something going on? JUDI NOBLE:  You can ask some questions:  All right, do you feel frightened of your mate? Are you afraid to speak right now?  What happens when you do express your feelings to him? Those kind of questions, like, you can ask them that. They probably, and then just fidgeting. She'll be fidgeting. The one thing that I ask is, when I was on staff of a church I just asked, so who meets your needs? And the silence there is riveting. And the look on her face is like, what do you mean who meets my needs? Because their needs are not met. They're busy meeting everybody else's needs. She is an object. And so, then I can go on further to say, does anyone meet your needs? Do you have friends? Who are your friends? Are you in close proximity with your family? If all those questions are, “I don't have friends,” the answer is, “no, I don't have much relationship with my family,” one of the characteristics of abuse is isolation.  They'll isolate them from friends and family. They're very selective, the abuser's very selective on who the abused can associate with. That's a telltale sign. JULIE ROYS:  Well, again, that's Judi Noble, founder of Eagle's Wings and the author of Radical Reconciliation. We need to go to break but when we come back, I want to talk specifically about submission in the church. What does submission look like when you have a spouse that doesn't love and honor his wife? But yet how is submission maybe used to perpetuate abuse on that wife? When we come back, we'll talk about that. Again, you're listening to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. We'll be right back. Segment 2 JULIE ROYS:  How should the church minister to abused women? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And today we're talking about a serious problem of domestic violence and abuse and how churches can be part of the solution. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, 1 in 3 women have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. 1 in 7 women have been injured by an intimate partner. 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. So domestic violence and rape is epidemic in our society. And according to my guest today, it's also epidemic in the church. And sadly, the church doesn't always do the best job of addressing this issue and helping victims of abuse. Again, joining me today is Judi Nobel, a certified domestic violence advocate and counselor. She's also the founder and executive director of Eagle's Wings—an organization that treats both abused and abusers. And she's the author of Radical Reconciliation, a story of overcoming domestic violence. This is Judi's own story of how she fled an abusive marriage and overcame a potentially fatal illness. And today, I'm giving away 5 copies of Judi's book—Radical Reconciliation. If you'd like to enter to win this book, just go to JulieRoys.com/giveaway. Also, today's show is recorded so I can't take your calls, but you still can join the live online conversation on Facebook. Just go to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. And to get to us on Twitter, just use my handle, @ReachJulieRoys.  So, Judi, right before the break, I mentioned this issue of submission, which is something very controversial in the church.  What does that mean? Does a wife have a responsibility to submit to her husband? That would be unique as to a husband submitting to his wife. Some say it's mutual submission. Others say, “well no, a wife should be submissive to her husband. She has a unique situation to do that.” And then there's those who say, “listen, whether or not, you know, you go to more the feminist viewpoint of submission or the more the traditional complementarian side of it, it should not be an excuse for abuse, ever. That is not what submission is.” But I think for a lot of women who are caught in this and hearing the church talk about submission, that may not get communicated. So, I want you to talk about this very controversial concept and what it means especially when there's abuse. JUDI NOBLE:  Yes, it is an extremely controversial subject. And when you're talking about women who've been abused, you're talking—Christian women want to be good Christian wives. I don't know of anyone that we've seen that doesn't want to be a spiritual, loving woman, Christian woman, that honors God. Submission—Jesus would never, ever use abuse to cause anyone to submit. Submission in a normal marital, in a non-conflicting marital relationship, can be mutual. And it can be loving. And it can be respectful and honoring. And even though it might be a struggle at times, it can be resolved. However, when you're talking about abuse, there's 4 pillars of domestic violence—now this is the “Judi Noble 4 pillars” that I believe, in my 25 years of doing this. It's intimidation, manipulation to gain power and control. When a woman who's being abused, and not just physically abused, but emotionally, and sexually and verbally, they're just as hard on the heart as a physical punch is to the body. If you're talking about submission to someone who's abusing them, the more that they submit, the more powerful the abuser becomes and the worse the abuse gets. It's the bottom line. So they try. And the trying is usually, very regrettably,  JULIE ROYS:  Yet there's so much guilt and shame associated with speaking out, or saying something against your husband because, you know, we're to honor our spouses. So how do you counsel women to deal with that guilt and shame? JUDI NOBLE:  Guilt and shame are part of abuse and it's not their guilt and shame. It's not. It's the abuser's guilt and shame—it's the manipulation that they've received. Because of the isolation, they have very little input from the outside world. So, they believe what they hear every day. And most of them it's criticism, it's devaluing. Their esteem is so low. They don't feel like they're good Christian wives. So, what we do here, is we try to help them to understand that God loves them. That He would never ask them to submit to abuse. That that's the enemy. That He is for them. And that He will always stand with them. That there is never an excuse for abuse. That even with submission—submission was never, ever meant to be an abuse tactic. JULIE ROYS:  I want to ask a question about intimacy within a marriage. I know some of you, if you're listening right now and you have young children by the radio, you may want to move them somewhere else or listen to this later on the podcast. But I do want to ask about that situation because someone I talked to said, you know, she had received teaching on I Corinthians 7—your body is not your own, it belongs to your husband, therefore fulfill your marital duty to your husband. And she said that her husband forced himself on her and would hurt her. And yet, she had received this teaching from I Corinthians 7. And so, she felt guilty and like she couldn't say anything. Talk about that in intimacy within a marriage and the Christian teaching on it. And how maybe that gets perverted in our understanding of it sometimes. JUDI NOBLE:  Well, I just go back to what the Lord said about, what Paul said about husbands, “love your wives like Christ loved the church.” That's not loving your wife like Christ loved the church. He would never do that. He would never harm to gain His own need to be satisfied.  And therefore, in my estimation, it becomes rape. When someone says, “no,”—and I know that that's, you know, probably not a very popular idea. But I do believe that we have the opportunity to say no—when we don't want to, when we feel betrayed, when we feel violated. And if there is a husband that truly loves his wife, like Christ loves the church, he would honor that. JULIE ROYS:  So, a woman who is in this situation may be asking herself, and especially if a woman has come from an abused background, where abuse seems normal. And maybe her mother had taught her, we don't talk about these things. And so, she just kind of assumes this happens in a lot of marriages. They just don't talk about these things. We keep them silent. I know there's women listening right now who are in that situation. Speak to that woman and help her understand what is the difference between normal marital conflict and abuse. JUDI NOBLE:  Normal marital conflict is equality. It's equally honoring, it's equally respecting, it's negotiating. Your partner is going to be able to own and take responsibility for his mistakes. He's going to be able to say he's sorry and truly repent. And to be able to repair. It's learning how to repair. I mean we all have to learn how to repair in marriage. But it's having humility and honor and preferring the other. That does not happen in abusive relationships. 9 times out of 10, I mean, basically if they say, if an abuser says that he or she is sorry, it's usually not about the person that they've abused. It's about them. They want to have more leeway.  But there is never, ever an excuse for that kind of abuse. Abuse conflict is totally different than true marital conflict, normal marital conflict. As abuse demands its own way, you become an object. You feel like you don't have a say. You feel like you don't have a voice. You've lost your ability to make a decision. You've lost your ability to voice what you need, what is important to you. And that is domestic violence. JULIE ROYS:  And it seems like probably the most subjective one, I think, we can very clearly say, okay, physical abuse, we know that line. You should never hit your spouse period. I mean, that just no, no excuse for that ever. Should never happen. But emotional, spiritual abuse, that's where it gets a little bit muddied, I find. And people don't know, “now is this abuse?” Is this what this looks like? We need to go to break. But when we come back, Judi, I want you to address that. What does emotional abuse look like? What does spiritual abuse look like? Again, I'm speaking with Judi Noble, founder of Eagle's Wings and the author of Radical Reconciliation. Also, if you'd like to connect with us on Facebook, just go to Facebook.com/ReachJulieRoys. And you can comment there. Again, I'm Julie Roys. You're listening to The Roys Report. And we will be right back after a short break. Segment 3 JULIE ROYS: Welcome back to The Roys Report, brought to you in part by Judson University.  I'm Julie Roys.  And today, we're discussing an issue that for far too long was tolerated by society. But thanks to the #MeToo movement, the sexual abuse of women and domestic violence is finally getting the attention it deserves. There's also a corresponding movement in the church called the #ChurchToo movement. And now, we're becoming aware of how widespread abuse is—not just in society, but also in the church. And we're beginning to recognize that the woman sitting next to us in the pew may be battered and abused at home. But often, she doesn't come out and say she's abused. Instead, she tests the waters. She may say she and her husband fight a lot. Or, she'll say that her husband is controlling. But rarely does she actually admit that her husband hits her, or forces himself on her, or berates her incessantly. So how do we spot abuse? And especially in our faith communities, how do we help these abused women, and their children, find safety? Well joining me today to help us learn how to do just that is Judi Noble, a certified abuse counselor and founder of Eagles' Wings—an organization that helps equip pastors and leaders to recognize abuse and help abuse victims. Also, I'm giving away copies of Judi's book called, Radical Reconciliation. If you'd like to enter to win that book, just go to JulieRoys.com/giveaway. Also, if you want to read some of the articles I've published on this topic, they're available at my website. As I mentioned earlier, I'm publishing a two-part series about abused women at churches that at one point, were associated with Harvest Bible Chapel. The women say the church failed to protect them, and instead, protected their abusers. I believe these pieces are just extremely important for understanding how this dynamic plays out in the church. So again, to either enter the giveaway—go to JulieRoys.com/giveaway for that—or to read the articles, simply go to JulieRoys.com. So Judi, before the break I just brought up the issue of emotional and spiritual abuse—something that is much harder, I think, to identify, because it's subjective, than physical abuse, where there's hitting, or sexual abuse, where there might be forcing yourself on another person. So talk to me a little bit about how emotional abuse is, what spiritual abuse is, and maybe within the context of a story of somebody who's gone through this so we can see an example of what it looks like. JUDI NOBLE: I coached and counselled a woman back for a couple of years. And she was in a domestic abuse relationship—mainly emotional and mainly spiritual—it had gotten somewhat physical. However, her husband had wanted to counsel. And because he told the pastor that she was not being a submitted wife and she was being rebellious, so I suggested strongly that they not meet together because I thought that was too dangerous for her. The reason being that she wouldn't be able to share her heart with the pastor. And I didn't know if the husband had already begun to accomplice the pastor, which happens, because they're charming. So she went ahead and counselled anyway with the pastor and her husband. And she very bravely and courageously shared her heart on how she felt. And what she thought was going on—that she was trying to be a spiritual wife and a submitted wife. The whole time her husband was just glaring at her, unbeknownst to the pastor that was coaching them and counselling them. And she shared so much that it was pulling the covers away from the abuser. So the pastor told her to go home and pray more and to be as submitted as she could be—to do the normal things that most pastors would say to a wife that didn't really understand abuse, really didn't understand the consequences of what he was saying. And so, they got in the car together. And on the way home he berated her. He mocked her. He stripped her of every bit of identity that she had, verbally. And by the time they got home he had begun to physically abuse her pretty horrifically. So, it was all of the above: spiritually, emotionally and physically—he really hadn't gotten physically until he realized that he had lost control. And it was devastating for her. It was devastating. JULIE ROYS: What you just described, I mean, being in counselling with your husband, and in one of the stories that I wrote, that was the standard course of action—you would go to intensive counselling and it would be, you're there with your husband. And you also have a set of advocates. But to the women, saying this in front of their husband was terrifying. Right? I mean, because this is just going to bring more abuse. And you're going to pay for it when you get home, right? Because you were not supposed to say that. JUDI NOBLE: Absolutely. Never, I don't believe you should ever counsel the two together. JULIE ROYS: Yeah, standard marriage counseling you do counsel together. Because that's the whole point is to work things out. But when there's abuse, no. That's a really bad idea. JUDI NOBLE: A very bad idea. JULIE ROYS: How, and I'm guessing the spiritual part of it is he was using scripture to try and gain control? JUDI NOBLE: Yes, he was. And he had told her for many, many months that she was a terrible Christian and used scripture against her. And she would bring these scriptures to me. We would try to decipher them as far as what God meant, not what he meant. But it was terribly confusing. Again, she didn't have a lot of outside input except for us. But eventually she did get free. JULIE ROYS: But it's so, so, so, so hard to combat those messages, isn't it? JUDI NOBLE: It is. JULIE ROYS: I know I talked to one woman who said that I thought that I was crazy because my husband kept telling me that I was crazy. So, I started believing him. But the only reason I had a problem with this is because I was crazy. The problem was me. Right? And that's what the husband, in these situations, is trying to get the wife to believe, because he will not look at his own problem. So she . . . JUDI NOBLE: It's called gaslighting. And the first thing, really, most of the women say when they walk through our doors the first time, they just say, “I think I'm crazy.” The gaslighting is very manipulative. JULIE ROYS: It's awful. Well again, you're listening to The Roys Report.  I'm Julie Roys.  And joining me today is Judi Noble, a certified abuse counselor and the founder and executive director of Eagles' Wings—an organization that equips the church to help abuse victims. And when we come back, I want to hear the rest of this story. How did this woman find help? We'll be right back after a short break. Segment 4 JULIE ROYS: Well how can churches spot abuse and help abuse victims? Welcome back to The Roys Report. I'm Julie Roys. And today, we're exploring this important topic with Judi Noble, a certified abuse counselor and author of Radical Reconciliation. We'll be jumping back into that discussion in a just a minute. But first, I want to let you know that next week we're going to be talking about the tragic shooting last year at a Parkland, Florida, high school that left 17 people dead. There have been a lot of theories and speculation about what caused that shooting. But my guest next week says it's clear as day what caused the shooting. He says the shooter was extremely violent. And for years had communicated his intention to murder people. Yet school administrators refused to believe in the depravity of mankind and sin. And as a result, they refused to expel the student, and instead, they sought to reform him and correct the injustices that must have made him violent. And they kept him in that school sitting right next to the people that he wanted to murder. Well, my guest will be Max Eden, author of Why Meadow Died: The People and Policies that Created the Parkland Shooter and Endanger America's Students. This is going to be, I think a really eye-opening program. So, I hope you'll make a point to join me next week on The Roys Report! But returning to our topic today on abused wives, again joining me is Judi Noble. And just a reminder, if you missed any part of today's show—or want to listen to it again or share it with friends, it will be available about an hour from now at my website JulieRoys.com. So Judi you were telling us a story in the last segment about a woman who was a victim of spiritual abuse, emotional abuse, and then it became physical abuse as well but I'd like to hear the rest of that story. I'm hoping it has a redemptive ending. What happened with this woman?      JUDI NOBLE:  Because of the physical violence, we had told her that it was going to escalate into physical violence eventually, if she didn't start making proactive movements to leave or to get some other kind of counseling. JULIE ROYS: Was she coming to you as part of Eagle's Wings, coming to you to get help but getting counseling, it sounds like, from her pastor at the same time?                                                                                  JUDI NOBLE: Well, the counseling from the pastor was at the admonition of her husband. She was given our information by a friend. And so we started talking with her and sharing with her. You know, sometimes it's the denial is so thick, she didn't even want to admit that she was really an abused wife. And so, the physical violence clarified that she was. For some reason that really, well, for the most, sometimes if you are in denial that will actually clarify that you are being abused. She had children. And so that terrified her. So, we began the journey of just investigating what she wanted to do. What was her dream? What dreams hadn't she fulfilled? When they get ready to leave, any of them that try to get ready to leave, it is the most dangerous time for them. As the power and control will be totally lost. So we baby stepped it pretty much through her journey. I have an amazing board of directors. I have a pastor on my board, a police officer on my resource board. And so I talked her into talking to one of them. The police officer is also a pastor. And she talks to him. And it was a divine moment, because his kindness overwhelmed her—the pastoral kindness that he shared with her, and the truth that he shared with her, and talked about Moses and the Israelites and crossing the Red Sea, and how God is going to do this for her. It was a miracle moment. It was very divine. Because of his knowledge on how we could keep her safe and what we needed to do because she was all the way across the country. We just got connected with another shelter and with his help, and their help, and our help and with the police officer's help we got her out and we got her safe. Her story is very incredibly redemptive. She always wanted to go back to school to get her bachelor's degree. She's now in her master's program getting her MFT. JULIE ROYS: That's wonderful. I know that you counsel not just abuse victims but it says abusers as well. That's a harder group to work with I am guessing, but not beyond the scope of God's redemption, right? JUDI NOBLE: Absolutely, if you read my book, my ex-husband who was my abuser, absolutely came full circle. We can't lose hope for anybody, because they're are all God's children. But, and you know, when you have someone that is broken and someone who will break and hurt wives and children, then you know God wants their heart. He's an Isaiah 61 God. He can heal the broken hearted. The wounded people wound. Broken people, break. If we can stop domestic violence we have to get at the source, which is the person who is being violent. And I think that is the hands and feet of Jesus, is to try, if they are willing, to listen and to talk. And to share and get healing. And I do believe that's where the answer lies.  JULIE ROYS: So, we talked a lot to victims today. But to abusers, you would say go get help, you're not beyond, they must feel horrible, they must know what they are doing, right? JUDI NOBLE:  Yeah, they do but if we're at all critical then we just confirm what they already feel about themselves. So, it's a loving, but firm and gentle, and strong, and I had a lot of good men around me that can help with that. Because men call out men, I believe. But there have been many guys that have walked through this door that have said and listened to me and gone and have a couple counselors on board that will really help, if they want, they'll really help these guys get better. And we don't ever, ever, ever ask them to go back with their wives or ask their wives to reconcile at least for a year or two. Until they've had really good healing. JULIE ROYS: Yeah, trust needs to be earned, especially after it's been broken that poorly. And where, for people listening right now, hopefully your church is a good place to go and to get help, but not always. What would you say to people both those are listening who are abused and those who are abusers, where should they look to get help?  JUDI NOBLE: That's a great question. I think the community does a little bit better job to help the men, the men who are abusing. But there are places like Eagle's Wings. I think that there is another ministry called Focus that they can contact. You just have to be very careful. There are counselors that will definitely help the men. Women can go to the pastors themselves or go to the woman's ministry and ask, “Do you have a program here?” We have a program called Love Does No Harm. It's our group. “Do you have programs here? Do you have groups here that help abused women?”  JULIE ROYS: So that takes us to the question of training and a church better equipping. My guess is that most churches don't have anything like that for abused women.  JUDI NOBLE: Exactly, they don't. JULIE ROYS: Okay, so, for the church leader who is listening and says this is definitely an issue we want to be equipped for, how do they equip themselves? JUDI NOBLE: I believe that every domestic violence organization in this nation has training material. We do. And is very, very willing to go out and train your staff. We are one of the few Christian organizations. We will train your staff. I know Focus is a Christian organization. We will definitely make sure that you get trained. This is our passion. Because once you know what you are dealing with, then you can deal with it effectively and godly. And there will be no more re-abusing of the victim.  JULIE ROYS: And that's what's so often happens, isn't it? They go to get help, unfortunately in a church, and there' a lot of churches that do this well. We're talking about the ones that don't do it well. But they do get as you call it, re-abused. Explain what you mean by all that.  JUDI NOBLE: They very candidly go to their leadership whoever that might be. And if it's a man then they're very scared. Men are scary to them. And they attempt to try to share their story. And whoever is listening is not listening. They pull the submission card. Or they don't hear their hearts. They don't validate them. They tell them to go home and work harder. And so, it's really re-abusing them. And many times, if we do that too many times, we lose them. There's a great scripture, Isaiah 42:22 “These are like people hidden in caves, imprisoned. And who will say to them, restore, restore.” We need to be restorers, otherwise they will go deeper in and won't come out again. Or they'll leave and they don't come back to our churches. And we don't want to lose them.  JULIE ROYS: And that is the tragedy, a lot of women. When they are in the church and have experienced abuse, when they leave their spouse they often leave Christianity. I know a woman I was talking with and she said that when she left her husband, I would be leaving Christianity because I had been told for so long that to speak out or go against him was so wrong, that I would be leaving my faith. And she said I am still disentangling the truth from the lies about what God really feels and what God says.  JUDI NOBLE: Yep, absolutely. Well said. JULIE ROYS: Tough to do. Really quickly, because we don't have a lot of time, one group that we haven't spoken about, is the children. And they are sort of the collateral damage in these abusive homes. What about the children? How can we help the children?  JUDI NOBLE: There are more and more counselors I know in my church particularly we have a counseling center. And we have a counselor just for children. In one church that we do our Love Does No Harm group, they have a real effective program to help children heal, get them into counseling. There is low cost counseling and if you are out and away and you can get these kids into counseling for women that are abused. Sometimes in court cases the abuser will not allow them to have counseling. But if you can, get them into counseling quickly, quickly. And let them know that it's not their fault, anymore than it was the woman's fault for being abused. The children tend to take it on themselves, if I had just not spoken out – they feel the guilt, condemnation, and shame just as their mom does. It's not the abused's fault any more than it's especially those little baby's fault.   JULIE ROYS: Well, Proverbs 31:8 and 9 says, “Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. Speak up and judge fairly.” And friends we want our churches to be places where the vulnerable are defended. Where the vulnerable are protected, where abusers are called to account, and confronted. Sadly, we haven't always done this in the church. Whether out of ignorance, cowardice, or just indifference, we have failed to help women in abusive relationships. And this has to change. Churches must do a better job of protecting the vulnerable. So, I encourage you, if you're a leader in your church, urge your church to get training on this issue. Just like Judi was talking about. And if you suspect that someone may be abused, reach out to that person. Let that person know it's safe to talk—and that you'll do everything within your power to protect her. Again, my thanks to Judi Noble for coming on today's program. I so appreciate all the valuable information that you gave us today, and your heart for the vulnerable. So thank you, Judi, thank you so much. And just a reminder. If you missed any part of this show, or just want to listen again, just go to JulieRoys.com. We'll have the podcast posted within the next hour. Hope you have a great weekend and God bless!   Read more

Oh Say Can You See... Today's topics include: It was only a matter of time before liberals started calling for the end of singing the National Anthem before sporting events...; next, more on Beto O'Rouke. Even the DNC from Texas couldn't list a single accomplishment from Beto; and finally, Max Eden (senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute) joins the show to talk about the dangerous conditions teachers and students are facing due to a lack of traditional discipline in the classroom. Eden shares new data, which argues that the Obama era model of discipline - 'restorative discipline' - has actually ended up doing more harm then good.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Max Eden joins Seth Barron to discuss recent mass shootings in American high schools and how misguided approaches to school safety can play a role in some of these massacres. In the aftermath of horrific shootings at high schools in Florida and Texas, the political debate has focused largely on the role of guns in American society. Mostly ignored is how school districts fail to take action on students with documented histories of threats, violence, or mental illness. The school district in Broward County, Florida, for example, which includes Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, created the "Promise" program to counsel students who commit minor crimes, as an alternative to involving law enforcement. After repeated denials by school administrators, it was revealed that Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at the school, was previously assigned to the program, rather than being referred to authorities. But that's just one example.

How did the Parkland shooter slip through the cracks of the Broward County school district? We'll discuss with Manhattan Institute senior fellow Max Eden and then take on education policy more broadly. Finally, the news! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Steffan speaks with Denver GOP chairman Jake Viano about tonight’s caucus. Then, the Manhattan Institute’s Max Eden on the PROMISE Program in Broward County, Florida.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How did the Parkland shooter slip through the cracks of the Broward County school district? We’ll discuss with Manhattan Institute senior fellow Max Eden and then take on education policy more broadly. Finally, the news!

School Discipline problems with Max Eden, Lisa Mosconi tells us about brain foods. Jeff Berding on the Stadium. Sandy guile and the Monkey Scam. Sen Bill Coley on the Update for Medical marijuana. Women In construction

Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Thursday, March 1, 20184:20 pm: Representative Mike Kennedy joins the show to discuss the creation of the Utah School Safety Commission to review policies and develop solutions to increase the safety of Utah’s children4:35 pm: Representative Ken Ivory joins Rod to discuss his bill that would allow drivers to safely run a red light in situations where no other cars or pedestrians are present6:05 pm: Max Eden, a Senior Fellow with the Manhattan Institute, joins the show to discuss how the Parkland shooter was able to slip through the cracks despite repeated warnings about his behavior6:20 pm: White House reporter Gabby Morrongiello of the Washington Examiner joins the show to discuss the hiring of digital marketing strategist Brad Parscale as President Trump’s 2020 campaign manager6:35 pm: Steve Moore, Chief Economist at The Heritage Foundation, joins Rod for their weekly conversation about politics and the nation’s economy

Max Eden joins Seth Barron to discuss student discipline and suspension policies, and how discipline "reform" has led to chaos in many classrooms. In January 2014, in an attempt to reduce out-of-school suspensions, an Obama administration directive forced thousands of American schools to change their discipline policies. Proponents of the new discipline rules say that teachers and school administrators have been racially discriminatory in meting out punishments, creating a massive disparity in suspension rates between white and black students. Their claims, however, ignore the significant discrepancies in student behavior. "We tend to see one of two things happen as suspensions drop: Schools get less safe or school administrators cheat," wrote Max Eden at National Review Online, meaning that the schools separate disruptive students in ways that don't technically count as "suspensions." Max Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

On election day last week, voters in Douglas County, Colorado elected a slate of school board members who want to undo the reforms embraced by the last board. Max Eden, a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss the results of the election, and in particular, what they mean for school choice efforts nationwide. Read Eden's recap of election night here: http://educationnext.org/reflections-on-election-in-douglas-county-colorado/

01. PROFF - Blue & White02. Gelardi - When We Met03. Juliet Lyons & Kris Maydak - Hand Over My Heart04. Killogy & Matthew White feat. Angelika Vee - Awake 05. Axis & Alae Khaldi - Libraa06. Michael Brun & Rune RK feat. Denny White - See You Soon (MB Island Mix)07. Tom Staar - Higher08. Omnia feat. Tilde - For The First Time09. Tommy Trash feat. JHart - Wake The Giant (Jordy Dazz Remix)10. Nordean feat. Zoe Badwi - Bloom 11. Tom Swoon vs. Nari & Milani - Stay Together 12. Alesso - Sweet Escape 13. Galantis - Gold Dust14. Life of Dillon - Dreams (Lost Kings Remix)15. Audien feat. Lady Antbellum - Something Better16. Axwell & Ingrosso - On My Way17. Martin Garrix feat. Usher - Don't Look Down (Dave Rush Bootleg)18. Martin Solveig x GTA - Intoxicated19. Olympic Ayres - Magic (Arston Remix)20. Bastian Salbart - iMagine21. Michael Badal feat. Sue McLaren - Recapture (Dimension Remix)22. Steve Anderson - Neve 2015 (Ost & Meyer Remix)23. Purelight - Foreshadow24. Beat Service & Sarah Lynn - Dream Weaver25. Galantis - In My Head (Matisse & Sadko Remix)26. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (Nauwells Remix)27. Lange - You Are Free28. 1Touch - Polygon29. Steve Brian feat. Szen - Moringa30. 7 Skies - Are We On Air31. ilan Bluestone - Tesseract32. Eximinds & Yan Space - Atlas33. Mino Safy - When The Sun Smiles34. Alex Klingle - Cerulean35. Sebastien feat. Satellite Empire - Escape (Heatbeat Remix)36. Tim Iron - Lost In Universe37. Dash Berlin & DubVision feat. Jonny Rose - Yesterday Is Gone38. Tom Swoon - Zulu39. DubVision - Heart40. Omnia - Shanghai41. Nail Abdiev - Sunbeam42. ilan Bluestone - Lighthouse43. Rodrigo Deem - Helix44. JAKKO, Steerner vs. Klauss & Turino ft Paul Aiden - Lighthouse 45. Max Eden & Piramex - Pressure (Piramex Edit)46. Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Dash Berlin Miami 2015 Remix)47. Vigel - SQRT48. Wrechiski - Signus49. Coldplay - Midnight (Tiesto Bootleg)50. Kago Pengchi - Yeowoobii51. Arno Cost & Norman Doray feat. Ben Macklin - Paradisco52. Cazzette feat. Terri B! - Blind Heart (Didrick Remix)53. Stan Kolev & Quartet Zahir feat. Quartet Zahir - Holding On 54. Cole Plante feat. Brian Logan Dales + Brix - Before I'm Yours55. Mark Knight - Second Story56. Vintage & Morelli pres. Tandem - Distant Promises57. Aruma - Memories (1Touch Progressive Remix)58. Aimoon - U-Phoria (Progressive Mix)59. Thomas Hayes - Lost60. Tasadi & Aryas feat. Christina Novelli - Seventh Kingdom (Hazem Beltagui Sunset Mix)61. ilan Bluestone - 4362. NABI - We'll Never Be Apart (Alex Wackii & Julian Wess Remix)63. Amy Kirkpatrick & Phil Groot - Thousand Nights (Alter Future Remix)64. Seri & Nifra feat. Seri - Army of Lights65. M.E.G. & N.E.R.A.K. - Concorde66. Shapov vs MEG & NERAK - Everybody67. Andrew Bayer - Nobody Told Me68. Tim Mason - Rapture69. Flatdisk - Burnin' Up70. Ost & Meyer - Liquify71. Mobil - Colours Of Life72. Arkham Knights - Urban Decay73. Mike Septima & Sander Playmo - Comeback!74. Alter Future - Iceberg75. Assaf feat. Laura Aqui - After Dark76. PROFF - Losing My Mind77. Element Six - Cosmopolitan78. Audien feat. Parson James - Insomnia79. Otto Knows - Next To Me (Matisse & Sadko Remix)80. Lush & Simon X Rico & Miella - We Are Lost (Marnik Remix)81. Y&V - High82. BRKFST & Naden - Nemorosa83. Keeno - Origin84. Rudimental - Never Let You Go85. Tough Love feat. Ginuwine - Pony (Kove Remix)86. SpectraSoul- Always87. Fon.Leman - Give Me Five88. Wilkinson feat. Shannon Saunders - Breathe89. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Sunset Boulevard90. Chromeo feat. Solange - Lost On The Way Home (Mat Zo Remix)91. Eelke Kleijn - Mistakes (DC Breaks Remix)92. Jus Jack & Speed Limits - All Falls Down (Dualistic Remix)93. TC feat. Little Grace - Show Some Love94. Mob Tactics feat. Joell Fender - Neon God95. Husman - We Won't Fall96. James Egbert - Jettison97. Ben Gold - Interstate98. Wrechiski - Haven99. Alex O'Rion - Koi Koi100. Tom Middleton - HEVA101. Seven Lions feat. Lights - Falling Away102. Fehrplay - Rattata103. Sugarstarr feat. Alexander - Hey Sunshine (Antonio Giacca Remix)104. Jody Wisternoff feat. Sian Evans - The Bridge105. Cash Cash - Surrender (Grum Remix)106. CaPa - Helios107. Rufus - You Were Right (Nora En Pure Remix)108. Pierce Fulton feat. JHart - Landmines109. Leon Bolier - Freak110. Wrechiski & Jason Ross - Atlas111. Genix - Lima112. Alex Klingle & Linnea Schossow - I Run To You 113. Cannavo & Nesse - Push114. Joe Ghost & Crossnaders - Frostfire115. Orjan Nilsen - Don116. Zack Shaar - Limo117. Durai & 1Touch - Our Deal (Club Mix)118. Newjack - Stay Together119. Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better (Don Diablo & CID Remix)120. Arty feat. Ray Dalton - Stronger121. Fatum - Mandala122. Kiholm & Kris O'Neil - French Kiss123. Years & Years - King (Arty Remix)124. Jaytech & Matt Fax - Aeris125. 1Touch - Surfing Swans126. Eximinds feat. Jo Cartwright - Another Day Without Sunrise127. Timmus - Still Alive128. Jorn Van Deynhoven - 101010 (The Perfect Ten)129. Taival - When Words End130. Ferry Corsten - Reborn131. Allen & Envy - Coherent (Johnny Yono Remix)132. Novan - Melina133. Alexander Zhakulin - Cynosura134. Aimoon - Punch it!135. Tommy Johnson - Tubular Bells136. Gaia - In Principio137. Moonsouls & Ultimate - Valkyrie138. Maarten De Jong - Blue Bird139. Arctic Moon & Apple One feat. Diana Leah - Who We Are (Bjorn Akesson Remix)140. UCast & Susana - To Another Day141. Abstract Vision feat. Sarah Lynn - The Very Center Of Me142. Rene Ablaze & Ian Buff feat. Diana Leah - Ill Find My Way (Davey Asprey Remix)143. Suncatcher - Transylvania Cowgirl 144. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Heatbeat- Amistad145. Ferry Tayle - Let The Magic Happen (The Thrillseekers Remix)146. Aly & Fila vs. The Thrillseekers - Es Vedra147. Roman Messer feat. Eric Lumiere - Closer (UCast Remix)148. Mhammed El Alami & Amine Maxwell - Release Yourself149. Abstract Vision & Aimoon - #OnFire150. UCast - Ramp

01. JAKKO, Steerner vs. Klauss & Turino feat. Paul Aiden - Lighthouse [Enhanced]02. Max Eden & Piramex - Pressure (Piramex Edit) [CD-R]03. Noah Neiman feat. Mike Schmid - Follow [Enhanced]04. Tony Romera & Jeremy Pianelli - Back To You [Zerothree]05. Jaco & Ease feat. Lokka Vox - Holding On [Enhanced Progressive]06. Victoria Shersick - Voices [EDM.COM Exclusive]07. Dimension - Origami [Flashover]08. 1Touch, Julian Wess & Mike Carey vs. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Melts (Mashup) [CD-R]09. Eximinds & Yan Space - Atlas [ASOT]10. Aimoon - Punch it! [Maracaido]11. Driftmoon & Taival - Pacific [Driftmoon Audio]12. Paul van Dyk and Roger Shah feat. Daphne Khoo - Louder (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix) [Ultra]13. John Grand - Dig Deep [Alter Ego]14. Joonas Hahmo - GT 83 [Hahmo]15. Taival - When Words End [Always Alive]16. Syn Cole - It's You [ICONS]17. Kago Pengchi - Cynical Orange [Enhanced Progressive]18. Nurettin Colak - Lifeline [Showland]19. Hamilton - In the Air [RAM]20. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Clameres Deep Bootleg) [CD-R]21. Me & My Toothbrush - Marble [Enormous Tunes]22. Late Night Alumni - The This This (Kaskade Remix) [Arkade]23. DiscoVer. - Vogue (Mart Remix) [No Definition]24. Vitodito & Davide Catania feat. Ailsa Villegas - Let It Go (Dub Mix) [Macarize]25. NABI - We'll Never Be Apart (Alex Wackii & Julian Wess Remix) [Millennium Opera]26. Flatdisk - Burnin' Up [Flamingo]27. CLMD feat. Jared Lee - Keep Dreaming [Ultra]28. Max Vangeli & Flatdisk - Skin [Sosumi ]29. Rudimental & Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream (Arty Remix) [Asylum]30. Andrew Bayer feat. Asbjorn - Super Human [Anjunabeats]31. Mat Zo - Lucky Strike (Amir Hussain Bootleg) [CD-R]32. Araya - Relativity [Always Alive]

01. PROFF - Blue & White02. Gelardi - When We Met03. Juliet Lyons & Kris Maydak - Hand Over My Heart04. Killogy & Matthew White feat. Angelika Vee - Awake 05. Axis & Alae Khaldi - Libraa06. Michael Brun & Rune RK feat. Denny White - See You Soon (MB Island Mix)07. Tom Staar - Higher08. Omnia feat. Tilde - For The First Time09. Tommy Trash feat. JHart - Wake The Giant (Jordy Dazz Remix)10. Nordean feat. Zoe Badwi - Bloom 11. Tom Swoon vs. Nari & Milani - Stay Together 12. Alesso - Sweet Escape 13. Galantis - Gold Dust14. Life of Dillon - Dreams (Lost Kings Remix)15. Audien feat. Lady Antbellum - Something Better16. Axwell & Ingrosso - On My Way17. Martin Garrix feat. Usher - Don't Look Down (Dave Rush Bootleg)18. Martin Solveig x GTA - Intoxicated19. Olympic Ayres - Magic (Arston Remix)20. Bastian Salbart - iMagine21. Michael Badal feat. Sue McLaren - Recapture (Dimension Remix)22. Steve Anderson - Neve 2015 (Ost & Meyer Remix)23. Purelight - Foreshadow24. Beat Service & Sarah Lynn - Dream Weaver25. Galantis - In My Head (Matisse & Sadko Remix)26. OneRepublic - Counting Stars (Nauwells Remix)27. Lange - You Are Free28. 1Touch - Polygon29. Steve Brian feat. Szen - Moringa30. 7 Skies - Are We On Air31. ilan Bluestone - Tesseract32. Eximinds & Yan Space - Atlas33. Mino Safy - When The Sun Smiles34. Alex Klingle - Cerulean35. Sebastien feat. Satellite Empire - Escape (Heatbeat Remix)36. Tim Iron - Lost In Universe37. Dash Berlin & DubVision feat. Jonny Rose - Yesterday Is Gone38. Tom Swoon - Zulu39. DubVision - Heart40. Omnia - Shanghai41. Nail Abdiev - Sunbeam42. ilan Bluestone - Lighthouse43. Rodrigo Deem - Helix44. JAKKO, Steerner vs. Klauss & Turino ft Paul Aiden - Lighthouse 45. Max Eden & Piramex - Pressure (Piramex Edit)46. Dash Berlin feat. Emma Hewitt - Waiting (Dash Berlin Miami 2015 Remix)47. Vigel - SQRT48. Wrechiski - Signus49. Coldplay - Midnight (Tiesto Bootleg)50. Kago Pengchi - Yeowoobii51. Arno Cost & Norman Doray feat. Ben Macklin - Paradisco52. Cazzette feat. Terri B! - Blind Heart (Didrick Remix)53. Stan Kolev & Quartet Zahir feat. Quartet Zahir - Holding On 54. Cole Plante feat. Brian Logan Dales + Brix - Before I'm Yours55. Mark Knight - Second Story56. Vintage & Morelli pres. Tandem - Distant Promises57. Aruma - Memories (1Touch Progressive Remix)58. Aimoon - U-Phoria (Progressive Mix)59. Thomas Hayes - Lost60. Tasadi & Aryas feat. Christina Novelli - Seventh Kingdom (Hazem Beltagui Sunset Mix)61. ilan Bluestone - 4362. NABI - We'll Never Be Apart (Alex Wackii & Julian Wess Remix)63. Amy Kirkpatrick & Phil Groot - Thousand Nights (Alter Future Remix)64. Seri & Nifra feat. Seri - Army of Lights65. M.E.G. & N.E.R.A.K. - Concorde66. Shapov vs MEG & NERAK - Everybody67. Andrew Bayer - Nobody Told Me68. Tim Mason - Rapture69. Flatdisk - Burnin' Up70. Ost & Meyer - Liquify71. Mobil - Colours Of Life72. Arkham Knights - Urban Decay73. Mike Septima & Sander Playmo - Comeback!74. Alter Future - Iceberg75. Assaf feat. Laura Aqui - After Dark76. PROFF - Losing My Mind77. Element Six - Cosmopolitan78. Audien feat. Parson James - Insomnia79. Otto Knows - Next To Me (Matisse & Sadko Remix)80. Lush & Simon X Rico & Miella - We Are Lost (Marnik Remix)81. Y&V - High82. BRKFST & Naden - Nemorosa83. Keeno - Origin84. Rudimental - Never Let You Go85. Tough Love feat. Ginuwine - Pony (Kove Remix)86. SpectraSoul- Always87. Fon.Leman - Give Me Five88. Wilkinson feat. Shannon Saunders - Breathe89. Drumsound & Bassline Smith - Sunset Boulevard90. Chromeo feat. Solange - Lost On The Way Home (Mat Zo Remix)91. Eelke Kleijn - Mistakes (DC Breaks Remix)92. Jus Jack & Speed Limits - All Falls Down (Dualistic Remix)93. TC feat. Little Grace - Show Some Love94. Mob Tactics feat. Joell Fender - Neon God95. Husman - We Won't Fall96. James Egbert - Jettison97. Ben Gold - Interstate98. Wrechiski - Haven99. Alex O'Rion - Koi Koi100. Tom Middleton - HEVA101. Seven Lions feat. Lights - Falling Away102. Fehrplay - Rattata103. Sugarstarr feat. Alexander - Hey Sunshine (Antonio Giacca Remix)104. Jody Wisternoff feat. Sian Evans - The Bridge105. Cash Cash - Surrender (Grum Remix)106. CaPa - Helios107. Rufus - You Were Right (Nora En Pure Remix)108. Pierce Fulton feat. JHart - Landmines109. Leon Bolier - Freak110. Wrechiski & Jason Ross - Atlas111. Genix - Lima112. Alex Klingle & Linnea Schossow - I Run To You 113. Cannavo & Nesse - Push114. Joe Ghost & Crossnaders - Frostfire115. Orjan Nilsen - Don116. Zack Shaar - Limo117. Durai & 1Touch - Our Deal (Club Mix)118. Newjack - Stay Together119. Alex Adair - Make Me Feel Better (Don Diablo & CID Remix)120. Arty feat. Ray Dalton - Stronger121. Fatum - Mandala122. Kiholm & Kris O'Neil - French Kiss123. Years & Years - King (Arty Remix)124. Jaytech & Matt Fax - Aeris125. 1Touch - Surfing Swans126. Eximinds feat. Jo Cartwright - Another Day Without Sunrise127. Timmus - Still Alive128. Jorn Van Deynhoven - 101010 (The Perfect Ten)129. Taival - When Words End130. Ferry Corsten - Reborn131. Allen & Envy - Coherent (Johnny Yono Remix)132. Novan - Melina133. Alexander Zhakulin - Cynosura134. Aimoon - Punch it!135. Tommy Johnson - Tubular Bells136. Gaia - In Principio137. Moonsouls & Ultimate - Valkyrie138. Maarten De Jong - Blue Bird139. Arctic Moon & Apple One feat. Diana Leah - Who We Are (Bjorn Akesson Remix)140. UCast & Susana - To Another Day141. Abstract Vision feat. Sarah Lynn - The Very Center Of Me142. Rene Ablaze & Ian Buff feat. Diana Leah - Ill Find My Way (Davey Asprey Remix)143. Suncatcher - Transylvania Cowgirl 144. Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Heatbeat- Amistad145. Ferry Tayle - Let The Magic Happen (The Thrillseekers Remix)146. Aly & Fila vs. The Thrillseekers - Es Vedra147. Roman Messer feat. Eric Lumiere - Closer (UCast Remix)148. Mhammed El Alami & Amine Maxwell - Release Yourself149. Abstract Vision & Aimoon - #OnFire150. UCast - Ramp

01. JAKKO, Steerner vs. Klauss & Turino feat. Paul Aiden - Lighthouse [Enhanced]02. Max Eden & Piramex - Pressure (Piramex Edit) [CD-R]03. Noah Neiman feat. Mike Schmid - Follow [Enhanced]04. Tony Romera & Jeremy Pianelli - Back To You [Zerothree]05. Jaco & Ease feat. Lokka Vox - Holding On [Enhanced Progressive]06. Victoria Shersick - Voices [EDM.COM Exclusive]07. Dimension - Origami [Flashover]08. 1Touch, Julian Wess & Mike Carey vs. Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina - Stereo Melts (Mashup) [CD-R]09. Eximinds & Yan Space - Atlas [ASOT]10. Aimoon - Punch it! [Maracaido]11. Driftmoon & Taival - Pacific [Driftmoon Audio]12. Paul van Dyk and Roger Shah feat. Daphne Khoo - Louder (Myon & Shane 54 Summer Of Love Mix) [Ultra]13. John Grand - Dig Deep [Alter Ego]14. Joonas Hahmo - GT 83 [Hahmo]15. Taival - When Words End [Always Alive]16. Syn Cole - It's You [ICONS]17. Kago Pengchi - Cynical Orange [Enhanced Progressive]18. Nurettin Colak - Lifeline [Showland]19. Hamilton - In the Air [RAM]20. Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger (Clameres Deep Bootleg) [CD-R]21. Me & My Toothbrush - Marble [Enormous Tunes]22. Late Night Alumni - The This This (Kaskade Remix) [Arkade]23. DiscoVer. - Vogue (Mart Remix) [No Definition]24. Vitodito & Davide Catania feat. Ailsa Villegas - Let It Go (Dub Mix) [Macarize]25. NABI - We'll Never Be Apart (Alex Wackii & Julian Wess Remix) [Millennium Opera]26. Flatdisk - Burnin' Up [Flamingo]27. CLMD feat. Jared Lee - Keep Dreaming [Ultra]28. Max Vangeli & Flatdisk - Skin [Sosumi ]29. Rudimental & Ed Sheeran - Bloodstream (Arty Remix) [Asylum]30. Andrew Bayer feat. Asbjorn - Super Human [Anjunabeats]31. Mat Zo - Lucky Strike (Amir Hussain Bootleg) [CD-R]32. Araya - Relativity [Always Alive]

Depending on your news source, you might not realize that charter schools are actually outperforming district schools in Detroit. Max Eden, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, joins EdNext Editor-in-chief Marty West to discuss a blog entry he co-authored with Jason Bedrick examining all of the data on Detroit charter school performance. You can read the blog entry here: http://educationnext.org/the-data-on-detroit/

BMA Sessions 008 with Dj Dave ScotlandBMA Sessions is a fortnightly Dj mix show, mixed by Dj Dave Scotland and brought to you by BMA Magazine - Australia. For a healthy dose of Electro House, Progressive House, Tech House, Trance, regular local producer mixes and guest Dj Sets, Tune into BMA Sessions...1.Intro by Dave Scotland2.SMASH! (Original Mix) by Ummet Ozcan3.Bitches Be Like (Club Mix) by Chuckie4.Rampage (Original Mix) by Bassjackers & Kenneth G5.Tempestuous (Original Mix) by Lisa Lashes & Tasso6.Move To The Rhythm (Original Mix) by Tiesto, Nari, Milani & Delayers7.Game On (Original Mix) by Klauss Goulart8.Samurai (Tiesto Remix) by R3hab9.Bigroom Blitz (Scooter Remix) by Scooter feat. Wiz Khalifa10.Gravity (Hyperbits Remix) by Kevin Wild & Punk Party feat. Kelly Sweet11.Against the World (Kill the Buzz Remix) by Morgan Page & Michael S12.Space (Dave Scotland Edit) by Micha Moor13.Let This Last Forever (MAKJ Remix) by Benny Benassi feat. Gary Go14.Shadow (W&W Edit) by Mark Sixma15.Shadow Of The Lovers On The Sun (Dave Scotland Mash) by David Guetta Vs Max Elto16.Pressure (Original Mix) by Max Eden & Piramex17.Forces (Original Mix) by MaRLo and Fisherman & Hawkins

The August issue of We Spin Mixes, a special set by Midnight Monster. While an upbeat and aggressive, this mix showcases variety in song composition and blends electro, dubstep, and a few little hip-hop tracks to display the variety that Midnight Monster likes a lot – and hopes you will as well. Some of the highlights: "Circumferential" and "Codename: Hurricane" are two amazing tracks that have beautiful piano parts integrated into electro and dubstep. "Running to the Sea" and "Moonlight" are pure dubstep tunes with great vocals, also starting off gentle, but quickly building intensity. Tracklisting: 00:00 Aero Chord - Surface 04:07 The Human Eye - Circumferential 08:32 The Brig - Air 11:42 Max Eden, Piramex - Pressure 16:10 Tritonal, Paris Blohm, Sterling Fox - Colors 21:34 Jordy Dazz, Jimi Frew - Vortex 25:34 J-Trick, Deorro - Rambo 29:06 Seamless - Codename: Hurricane 33:10 Space Laces - Digital Gangsta 36:30 Bassnectar, Excision - Destroid 6 Put It Down (Crizzly Remix) 39:24 Royksopp - Running To The Sea feat. Susanne Sundfor (Seven Lions Remix) 44:08 Varien, SirensCeol, Aloma Steele - Moonlight 47:44 DotEXE - Battle Cry 51:10 Taylr Renee, Paris Blohm - Left Behinds Follow Midnight Monster on Soundcloud at http://soundcloud.com/midnightmonster You can learn more about We Spin at http://wespin12.com