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'Pretty Much a Catastrophe': Anna Deavere Smith and the Disaster of the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Source: AlterNet
MSNBC video: Focusing on the school-to-prison pipelineBy Emily WilsonPhoto Credit: iofoto / Shutterstock.comIn the last 20 years, there has been a shocking rise in the number of schools that embrace zero tolerance policies that regularly leave students suspended, expelled or arrested for the kinds of infractions…
Resource type: News
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How Did This High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian?
Source: The Nation
[video src="https://youtu.be/fM-nO7muBrg"] High school student Damon Smith had been suspended more than 20 times before entering Ralph Bunche High School in Oakland, an alternative high school for chronically expelled students. After working with Eric Butler, a restorative justice counselor at the school, Damon left behind…
Resource type: News
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Illinois Youth and Allies Win Groundbreaking Legislation
Source: Catalyst Chicago
By Sarah BlauStudents 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 are…
Resource type: News
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School Discipline Consensus Report
Source: The Council of State Governments Justice Center
The research and data on school discipline practices is clear: Millions of students are removed from their classrooms each year, overwhelmingly for minor misconduct. We can’t allow this trend to continue. Addressing staggeringly high suspension rates is essential to making school a place where students…
Resource type: Research Report
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
Source: LISC Chicago
Watch four high school seniors reminisce about their middle-school experiences with Elev8, a community schools initiative helping to prepare sixth- through eighth-grade students for high school and beyond. Through the Elev8 program, these students participated in after-school activities, used the health centers built at their…
Resource type: Video
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Graduating Seniors Testify to Elev8’s Strengths
Source: LISC Chicago
VIDEO: Graduating high school seniors speak to the value of the Chicago Elev8 program they participated in during middle school. By Gordon Walek Terranisha Douglas, left, and Amber Sims, graduating seniors at Perspectives Academy in Auburn Gresham, say the Elev8 programs they experienced in middle…
Resource type: News
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Congressman Visits Vallejo Student Health Clinics, Touts Proposed Bill
Source: Vallejo Times Herald
Pediatric nurse practioner Beatriz Coll, left, with the Vallejo City Unified School District's student health clinics at Elsa Widenmann Elementary School, introduces patients Giuliana and Francesca Jacobucci, 8 and 6 respectively, to Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, during Thursday's visit to the clinics. (MIKE JORY…
Resource type: News
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Education Department: Civil Rights Laws Apply Equally to Charters
Source: Education Week
By Evie Blad (cross-posted from Charters & Choice)The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights issued guidance today clarifying that charter schools have the same obligations to abide by federal civil rights laws as regular public schools. The "Dear Colleague" letter by Assistant Secretary…
Resource type: News
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One Less Thing to Worry About for Mother’s Day
Source: MomsRising
Many families do not know their children may be eligible for free or low cost health care coverage through Medicaid and CHIP, and that it's not too late to enroll. The article below is part of the Connecting Kids to Coverage Blog Carnival at MomsRising, which…
Resource type: News
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Foundations Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Source: Grantmakers In Health
By Kimberley Chin, Programme Executive, The Atlantic PhilanthropiesSound policy can only be effective if it represents the experiences and voices of the people it is trying to benefit. The theme for the Grantmakers In Health (GIH) annual meeting this year, The Power of Voice, is…
Resource type: News