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Schools Must Abandon Zero-Tolerance Discipline
By Kavitha Mediratta In 2007, the high school graduation rate in Baltimore, a city where the school system serves 85,000 mostly African-American and low-income students, was an abysmal 34 percent. Then Andrés A. Alonso, the chief executive for the city’s schools, took action. He revised the…
Author: Education Week
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Rethinking School Discipline for Better Opportunities
By Kavitha Mediratta Zero tolerance school discipline policies leave young men of color most vulnerable — but it doesn’t have to be that way. All young people should have the opportunity to succeed. It’s a fundamentally American argument, and also the core value of the…
Author: Huffington Post
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School discipline: Ringing a bell for reform
By Judith Kaye There are many lessons I took with me from my treasured 15 years as chief judge of the state of New York, principally that there is an “after-life”—meaning, after mandatory retirement from the court at age 70. Always there is opportunity to…
Author: New York Amsterdam News
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: April 2013
Watch this quick video to learn about the Just and Fair School Fund’s grant awards, and the youth, parents, congregations, and teachers they support around the country. Feature The Just and Fair Schools Fund is pleased to announce $3.8 million in grants over two years…
Author: Just and Fair Schools Fund
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Maryland School Board Moves to Limit Student Suspensions
By Donna St. George BALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education moved Tuesday to cut the number of students suspended from school, saying that such punishment is used too often for nonviolent offenses and that too much class time gets lost. Drawing a link…
Author: Washington Post
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Miss. District Required to Adjust 'Discriminatory' Discipline Policies
By Nirvi Shah A new agreement aims to stop what the federal government has labeled discriminatory discipline practices in the 6,100-student Meridian, Miss., school district. The U.S. Department of Justice said today that the school district has agreed to take a number of steps to…
Author: Education Week
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School Systems Working to Soften Zero Tolerance Policies
By Ellen Fishel ANNAPOLIS — A 12-year-old Montgomery County student was being sent to the hallway for being disruptive in class. On her way out the door, she brushed up against her teacher. The student was suspended for 10 days for attacking an employee. A…
Author: Southern Maryland Online
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De Blasio Administration Announces New School Climate Initiatives to Make NYC Schools Safer, Fairer and More Transparent
Proposed updates to the discipline code include an end to suspensions for students in grades K-2 For the first time, NYPD releases expanded school safety data on school-based arrests, summonses and handcuffing New scanning policy establishes official process based on data with NYPD oversight for…
Author: The City of New York
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YUC report says zero tolerance a failure
The School District’s zero-tolerance discipline policy does not make school safer, creates a prison-like culture, costs money – and it keeps students “one minor mistake away from having their life turned upside down,” according to a new report. Philadelphia schools, it said, rely on punitive measures…
Author: Philadelphia Public School Notebook
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Smarter School Discipline Bill (SB 46) Passes Colorado Senate
MEDIA RELEASE Will bring common sense back to discipline while ensuring safe schools DENVER – The Colorado Senate passed Senate Bill 46 – the smarter school discipline bill – with an overwhelming bipartisan 32-3 vote this morning. “Students need to be in school learning, not…
Author: Padres y Jóvenes Unidos