Sunday, July 24, 2011

Schools Matter: NOLA: Penal Pedagogy Exemplar

Schools Matter: NOLA: Penal Pedagogy Exemplar

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

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