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Budget cuts affect schools differently, youths find
Original Source UCLA is an Atlantic grantee. California’s education funding has been cut by $17 billion in the last two budget deals, and schools are suffering. But some students are hurting more than others, according to a group of high school student researchers who presented…
Author: UCLA Today
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State Schools Suspend Students at Higher Rates Than Average, Study Finds
California suspended students from school at higher rates than average and showed particularly harsh handling of African Americans with disabilities, according to a study released Tuesday. California ranked 15th of 47 states in their suspension rates of white and black students, according to the study…
Author: Los Angeles Times
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LA Unified to Collect Suspension Data Down to Classroom, Teacher Level
By Tami Abdollah L.A. Unified plans to begin collecting data on suspension rates at the individual classroom and teacher level starting this summer as part of its effort to improve its schools, a district official said today. “It starts at the classroom level,” said Isabel…
Author: KPCC
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Syracuse School District Names 50-Member Task Force on Student Conduct
Lekia Hill, lead organizer in Syracuse for the Alliance for Quality Education, asks UCLA expert Dan Losen a question at a Sept. 30 board session. Hill was named one of 50 members of the district’s new Code of Conduct Task Force. Photo: Gary Walts By…
Author: Syracuse.com
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Grantees Welcome New Federal Guidelines Addressing Discipline in Schools
Atlantic grantees working for school discipline reform welcomed the federal government’s announcement of new school guidelines that discourage the use of zero tolerance school discipline polices. Daniel J. Losen, director of the Civil Rights Project at UCLA, called the action “huge.” “The guidelines put all…
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Event Marks Opening Of New UCL Cancer Institute, UK
A state-of-the-art new premises accommodating hundreds of cancer research scientists will officially open at UCL (University College London). The UCL Cancer Institute, housed in the £40 million Paul O’Gorman building, is situated at the heart of one of the largest and most prolific biomedical facilities…
Author: Medical News Today
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First Named Professorship Established at John Jay With Funding From Ford Foundation and Atlantic
Renowned Scholar Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff is appointed as Franklin A. Thomas Professor in Policing Equity Dr. Phillip Atiba GoffNew York, NY – President Jeremy Travis of John Jay College announced the establishment of the Franklin A. Thomas Professorship in Policing Equity, created with $2.5…
Author: John Jay College of Criminal Justice
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Study: Suspensions Harm 'Well-Behaved' Kids
Photo: Alison Yin for EdSource Today By Jane Meredith Adams It’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale…
Author: EdSource
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Henrico Schools Take Steps to Reduce Racial Disparities in Suspensions
By Graham Moomaw In an effort to reduce racial disparities in student suspension rates, Henrico County Public Schools announced a partnership Monday with the Legal Aid Justice Center, a Virginia-based advocacy group that offers legal representation and other services to low-income people. Under the agreement,…
Author: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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School Suspensions Lead to Nowhere Good: Commentary
Henninger High School hall monitor Shirley Doesey during a change of classes. Teachers say behavior is worse in city schools this year and the district isn’t doing enough about it. Meanwhile, study says district is suspending too many kids, and more black and Latino kids…
Author: Syracuse.com