School Discipline

Students, Youth Leaders to Host a March to Demand More School and Mental Health Resources, Less Policing

Students will march  to demand more counselors, more transparency in school policies, and restorative practices that include the voices of…

2 years ago

The Only Thing Mike Learned Is His School Doesn’t Care About Him

On Wednesday, June 15th, one of Kelly Hudak’s eight children came home in a state of distress from Ocean City…

2 years ago

Another Chapter in the South Orange-Maplewood Hijab Saga as Family Sues the District

It’s hard to keep track of the South Orange-Maplewood hijab incident. Last October 6th, Seth Boyden Elementary School second-grade teacher…

3 years ago

South Orange-Maplewood Rushes to Enact Moratorium on Out-of-School Suspensions. What’s Really Going On?

Last night, four hours into the South Orange-Maplewood Board of Education public meeting, President Thair Joshua introduced an “urgent” resolution…

3 years ago

What Does It Mean When a Seven-Year-Old With Autism Is Physically Assaulted By a School Resource Officer?

Okay. This is personal. As the mom of a son with disabilities who, while not formally diagnosed as autistic has…

4 years ago

Is Betsy DeVos on the Verge of Removing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color?

(A different version of this piece appeared earlier this month at Education Post.) Let’s just call her Betsy DeVoid. Our…

6 years ago

It Doesn’t Just Happen at Starbucks. Teachers Need Racial Bias Training Too.

Zachary Wright is the 12th-grade world literature and AP Literature teacher at Mastery Charter School Shoemaker Campus where he has been for the last eight…

6 years ago

GETTING REAL ABOUT EDUCATION: A Conversation With Black Parents, Teachers and Students

My colleague and friend Ikhlas Saleem writes, What happens when you get Black teachers, parents and students in a room…

7 years ago