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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Schools that Expel, Suspend, Deny (Update): SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OFTEN METED OUT UNEVENLY

4LAKids - some of the news that doesn't fit: Schools that Expel, Suspend, Deny (Update): SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OFTEN METED OUT UNEVENLY

Schools that Expel, Suspend, Deny (Update): SCHOOL DISCIPLINE OFTEN METED OUT UNEVENLY

NPR TALK OF THE NATION + ADDITIONAL COVERAGE

And the problem is, right now, the shift that we've seen, in my lifetime - not only as a student but as a teacher - away from an era when we could call home, to an era when we're suspending, expelling or arresting students for things that don't warrant it, is placing our students on the wrong track. And until we solve this problem, we will not end the dropout crisis or close this achievement gap.