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Lessons Learned From Report on Newtown School Shooter

State of Connecticut

Last month, the Office of the Child Advocate released a report on Newtown school shooter Adam Lanza. It details Lanza's mental health history and how the educational system handled his case.

We sit down with the state's child advocate, Sarah Eagan, to get a better sense of how Lanza slipped through the cracks of the educational system. We also hear from others who worked on the report.

GUESTS:

  • Sarah Eagan - Connecticut's Child Advocate
  • Dr. Harold Schwartz - Psychiatrist-in-chief for the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital
  • Andrea Spencer - Dean of the School of Education at Pace University
  • Julian Ford -  Department of Psychiatry and Center for Trauma Recovery and Juvenile Justice at the University of Connecticut Health Center

Catie Talarski and Chion Wolf contributed to this show.

Tucker Ives is WNPR's morning news producer.

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