Opinion | The idea that police make schools safe is a myth that won’t go away

The April 15 editorial “Put police officers back in D.C. schools” was a reactionary move back to the “superpredator” rhetoric of the 1980s and 1990s, and it is not based on facts and evidence.

The idea that police officers make schools safe is the myth that won’t go away, despite scientists, historians, lawyers and students who say otherwise.