Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School reform, New Orleans style

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: School reform, New Orleans style

School reform, New Orleans style

by Mike Klonsky

Sebastian and Robin Weston talk about their son being handcuffed and shackled

Paul Vallas and lawyers for the State Recovery School District settled the suit with the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana. Vallas agreed to end the handcuffing of 6-year-olds. But, under the settlement, he can continue to use cuffs, shackles and restraints on kids over 10 years old. Children at the mainly African-American, Sarah Towles Reed Elementary School in New Orleans were subjected to