This Week In Racism: Utah Cheerleaders And Racial Slurs
A video of white cheerleaders from a Utah high school apparently shouting a racial slur has gone viral.
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Online Sexual Harrasment
Sexual harassment can irreversibly damage someone’s life, and that it doesn’t just happen on the street or behind closed doors.
California 1st In Nation To Limit ‘Willful Defiance’ Suspensions
California has just adopted a law that limits the way schools use “willful defiance” as a reason for suspending and expelling students. I believe this new law puts us in the right direction toward how schools should operate.
Boyle Heights Schools Swap Traditional Discipline With Restorative Justice
Students in a classroom pick up their chairs and move them into a circle. As they settle down, the teacher, Jorge López, asks bluntly, “What is sucking the life out of you?” One by one, the students begin sharing their stories.
What Does Positive Discipline Look Like?
With the Federal government setting new guidelines that discourage zero-tolerance policies, schools are using all kinds of new systems when kids misbehave. One approach gaining traction across the country is called PBIS – Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support.
Black Girls In Confinement Face Barriers To Education
Over the course of 14 months, Dr. Monique Morris took a close look at the educational experiences of confined black girls in the California Bay Area juvenile system. Youth Radio’s Darelle Brown interviewed Dr. Morris about her findings.
Federal Government Gets Serious About Changing School Discipline
The Department of Education, together with the Department of Justice, released a letter jam-packed with guidance about how states and school districts can make sure that their discipline policies do not violate civil rights laws.
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.
Schools In L.A. Ban “Willful Defiance” Suspensions
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) made headlines this week by prohibiting schools from suspending students for “willful defiance.”
If you aren’t following every twist and turn of the debate in Calif. over school discipline, you might be thinking, what’s the big deal? After all, we’re talking about one tiny line-item in the CA education code.