Schools Are Jails (Piss Buckets For Your Kids’ Safety)
In honor of the one-year anniversary of Modern School, I am reposting some of my favorite articles from the past year. The following was the first in a series I wrote about the growing lock down madness occurring in LA, Oakland and other urban districts throughout California. Certainly student safety should be of the highest concern for educators. On the other hand, the strategy of locking students in their classrooms without food, water or access to bathrooms, sometimes for hours at a time, and often as an unnecessary precaution, is just plain madness. I think there are alternatives that would still protect kids, while preserving their civil liberties and dignity. (And what about doing something about the socioeconomic factors that lead to so much violence in our communities?)
Schools Are Jails (Piss Buckets For Your Kids’ Safety)
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In the wake of two recent school lockdowns, LAUSD is now requiring all LAUSD classrooms
