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New America Media, News Report, Vanessa Tagliabue
Image: Students rally in front of the SFUSD offices in support of the Safe and Supportive Schools Resolution...
A student yells a profanity at the teacher.
A student puts down another student.
Dilemmas like these usually result in a standardized punishment method, like suspension or a pink slip...
Do school uniforms help to provide less distractions? Do they improve attendance? Do they increase school pride?..
The effectiveness of school suspensions is up for debate. California is the most recent battleground, but a pattern of uneven application and negative outcomes is apparent across the country...
ACEsTooHigh, News Feature, Jane Ellen Stevens
Photo (above): Andre Griggs, after school program director, Le Grand High School
EDITOR’S NOTE: Following is an excerpt of the first of a series of articles about how schools in California are moving from a punitive to a supportive, compassionate approach to school discipline...
California Watch, News Report, Joanna Lin, Posted: Apr 13, 2012
Racial minorities and students with disabilities are suspended at substantially higher rates than their white and non-disabled peers, according to an analysis of discipline data from nearly 500 California school districts.
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