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CURB calls for more timely statistics on Island’s social problems
By Sam Strangeways An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills. Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, education, unemployment and earnings is badly…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Cisco Commits $4.5 Million to City Year to Curb High School Dropout Crisis
Original Source City Year is an Atlantic grantee. Cisco Systems and the Cisco Foundation have announced a pledge of $4.5 million in new funding to City Year‘s Whole School Whole Child program. The foundation will donate up to $1.5 million over the next three years to enhance the…
Author: Philanthropy News Digest
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Reaching Out: Lynne Winfield is fighting white privilege
When Lynne Winfield first came to Bermuda to work from England, she walked right into a secretarial job. She assumed she was the most qualified person for the job, and the words “white privilege” never crossed her mind. Today, she is outgoing president of the…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Swan presents case for a ‘Commission of Truth and Reconciliation’ for Island
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda in an Atlantic grantee. Members of the House of Assembly took on the issue of racism and the vestiges of institutionalised racism late Friday night. The take note motion submitted by Kim Swan, who was elected under the United Bermuda…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Police Move to End ‘Stop and Search’ Abuses
By Ayo Johnson Action is being taken to end abuses of a controversial law giving police powers to stop and search people without cause. Attorney General and Minister of Justice Kim Wilson told The Royal Gazette that she recognised that the law, section 315F of…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Why are some students subjected to harsher discipline than others? How can we fix this problem?
A restorative school culture helps students stay in school and on the path to success at Oakland Unified School District. Photo: OUSD This post is an excerpt from Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch’s introduction to Inequality in School Discipline, a new book that fills a critical void by providing the…
Author: Kavitha Mediratta and M. Karega Rausch
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Young People Demand: Where Is My Public Servant?
By Dan Jellinek Public Achievement chief executive Paul Smyth A Northern Ireland-based project helping young people from tough social backgrounds become online political campaigners is looking to expand its model outside the UK, UKAuthority.com has learned. WIMPS – “Where Is My Public Servant?” – was…
Author: UK Authority
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Illinois Youth and Allies Win Groundbreaking Legislation
By Sarah Blau Students from Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, known as VOYCE, gathered Tuesday with other activists to celebrate passage of a bill that for the first time requires all schools, including charters, to publicly report school discipline data and requires districts that…
Author: Catalyst Chicago
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School Discipline Reform Long Overdue, Experts Say
By Edward Graham and Helen Yoshida Photo: Getty Images As schools around the country have tightened their disciplinary policies to curtail the possibility of school violence, some experts caution that these measures are doing more harm than good. Daniel Losen, director of the Center for…
Author: NEA Today
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Pediatricians Say No to Expulsions, Suspensions at Schools
‘Zero-tolerance’ policies don’t have the desired effect, American Academy of Pediatrics says By Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, Feb. 25 (HealthDay News) — Suspending or expelling a child from school should be a rare last resort and not a routine punishment for bullying, drug use…
Author: U.S. News Health