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(Daniel Scally)

Base Over Skyline

I moved back to Oakland. Cool, so what school do I want to attend? A big school with 1000+kids or a small school with 100 kids? Maybe the big school in Vallejo with bigger classes sizes, more kids, more friends and more drama for my momma.

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Graphic: Teresa Chin

The Link Between Suspension And Dropout

I remember the first student I ever suspended. He was 13 years old. It started off as a minimal disruption. He was stealing pencils from other students at his table. That turned into breaking pencils. Then, stealing homework.

I’ve been out of the classroom for three years now, and for the past year, I’ve been following teachers, students and school districts, trying to understand the latest research on school suspension and its effects down the line.

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