SAVING GRESHAM
Tuesday's protest to save Gresham (Sun-Times) |
SUSPENSIONS...Dozens of students marched from Chicago Public Schools headquarters to the Thompson Center Wednesday in support of state legislation that would set new limits on suspensions and expulsions. The march, organized by Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, protested alleged bias in school disciplinary practices and backed state Senate Bill 3004 setting stricter standards for offenses that can result in suspension or expulsion.
"We're not asking for no discipline," said Mariama Bangura, a junior at Roosevelt High School and a youth leader for VOYCE and the Albany Park Neighborhood Council. "We're asking for common-sense discipline." -- DNAinfoKAREN LEWIS is on the case. The CTU prez has an op-ed in yesterday's S-T, making no bones Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SAVING GRESHAM: