EXTRA: Why don't we know where all the lead pipes are?
In April, President Joe Biden announced an infrastructure plan that includes removing and replacing all of America's lead drinking water pipes. It's a...
Why Don’t We Know Podcast
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We expect government secrecy from the Pentagon or the CIA -- not from our universities and our schools. But in many cases, institutions designed to protect our children are instead hiding critical information. It leaves us asking a lot of questions. One of which is simple ... Why Don't We Know? Over the following episodes, we are trying to figure that out.
EXTRA: The Human Toll Of Missing Data
Depending on where you look, you can find a statistic that will tell you any number you want to see about how often students are bullied in school. Wh...
Any Other Law
In the season one finale of, we're unpacking a season full of secrecy in public education - answering the final 'WHY' of Why Don't We Know -- which is...
EXTRA: Why Don't We Know how many kids are attending virtual learning?
This was the most disruptive academic year in modern history, and we have collected very little data to help our students recover from it. This Extra ...
EXTRA: Attacked
When it comes to physical attacks on teachers in the classroom, it appears, we don't want to know. This episode explores the missing data regarding vi...
Misplaced Fear
We assumed that, since school shootings are such a known public safety concern, there would be really detailed data on how many weapons are brought in...
What the heck is FERPA?
A step back and a look at the history of FERPA, the privacy act we’ve now spent quite a bit of time dissecting. How did we get here? We start in 1974 ...
Education Records
From sexual assault, to school yard injuries, to public safety, to political campaign contributions to racial bias, a federal privacy law called FERPA...
Secret Outcomes
Why Don't We Know how Title IX cases are handled at many universities? The answer is combination of two things: a real concern for privacy and the com...
BONUS: Secrecy and the Coronavirus
Government agencies everywhere, not just schools, are using COVID19 as an excuse for not sharing information. FOIA office phone lines were disconnecte...