NOLA: Penal Pedagogy Exemplar
From the Southern Poverty Law Center:
12/2010
Security and Safety in New Orleans Public Schools
New Orleans students are supposed to be learning in one of the most advanced, innovative educational environments in the country. When it comes to school safety and security, however, many New Orleans schools employ ineffective discipline practices that were discredited by education policy researchers decades ago. School staff react to minor rule violations by forcibly handcuffing children to furniture, brutally slamming them, banishing them from their schools and
