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1 In 4 Black Students Suspended During School Year

HuffingtonPost.com | Joy Resmovits | Posted 04.09.2013 | Politics

For years, education advocates have highlighted the dire importance of closing the achievement gap of academic performance between students of differe...

Right and Wrong Answers on School Safety

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 04.05.2013 | Politics
Marian Wright Edelman

Despite the loud voice of the National Rifle Association (NRA), scholars, experts on school safety, and teachers overwhelmingly disagree with turning schools into armed camps rather than places of nonviolent positive learning.

Hitting the Reset Button on Zero Tolerance

Lynda Bekore | Posted 05.18.2013 | Politics
Lynda Bekore

For any student, the stigma and shame of a school suspension can be emotionally life-altering; for older students, suspensions become part of their permanent record, adversely affecting their chances of acceptance to college.

Don't Shake Down Kids Over the 'Harlem Shake'

Joan Bertin | Posted 05.06.2013 | Technology
Joan Bertin

The dances in Harlem Shake videos may be considered raunchy by some, but they're hardly "obscene." They're harmless, filmed in good fun. It's difficult to understand why school administrators are coming down so hard on these kids for this high-spirited and non-disruptive behavior.

Zimmerman's Attorneys Want Trayvon Martin's School Records

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 12.19.2012 | Home
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee Attorneys for George Zimmerman, the man charged with the second-degree murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Feburary of this year, a...

New York Revises Discipline Code, Eases Up On Suspensions

Posted 08.30.2012 | Home

Under the New York Department of Education’s revised disciplinary code, public-school students can no longer be suspended for one-time, low-level in...

Solutions to High Suspension Rate for Students With Special Needs

Jessica Minahan | Posted 10.22.2012 | Home
Jessica Minahan

A misbehavior incident should be seen as an opportunity for the school staff to reflect on which interventions are currently in place and shore up the school supports they can lean on.

New York DOE & NYPD Commit to Confronting Arrest and Suspension Rates

Dinu Ahmed | Posted 09.01.2012 | Home
Dinu Ahmed

On Monday, June 25th, the first-ever "People's Hearing on School Justice in the Bronx" was held to examine school disciplinary procedures -- particularly the overuse of suspensions and arrests in Bronx public schools.

How One School District Cut Suspensions In Half

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 08.05.2012 | Home
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Photo Credit: Youth Radio Richmond High's Youth Court attempts to adjudicate minor student offenses to avoid harsher discipline. By: Robyn Gee Sus...

Students Suspended For Senior "Prank" That Included Both Mayor And Police

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home

The last day of senior year is apparently so closely tied with malicious pranks that school officials in Walker, Mich., have suspended more than 60 st...

Community Service To Wipe Away School Suspensions

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.22.2012 | Home
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Robyn Gee Recent data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights shows that black and Latino students are much more likely to...

Bus Driver Gets Stabbed, Suspended After Resolving Dispute

AP | Posted 02.23.2012 | Crime

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Authorities say a Georgia commuter bus driver who was stabbed in the face with a pen while trying to resolve a dispute with a passeng...

Indiana Superintendents Say More Expulsions Will Defend Student Rights

Adam Goldstein | Posted 04.23.2012 | Home
Adam Goldstein

Asserting that a bill extending state authority to punish students with no limits whatsoever is a victory for student rights bends reality to the breaking point.

What Would Martin Luther King, Jr. Say About 'Behave or Begone'?

Robert Ross | Posted 04.17.2012 | Home
Robert Ross

I wonder what our nation's most illustrious civil rights leader would say about the epidemic of school suspensions and expulsions in so many of our urban public schools in California and nationally.

Suspended Disbelief

Judith Sandalow | Posted 04.16.2012 | DC
Judith Sandalow

Monday's front page story in the Washington Post focused on the high rate of elementary school suspensions. Understandably, many people find it hard to believe this form of discipline is used so often with children so young.

A Plan to End Bullying and Make Schools Kinder and Gentler

Meryl Ain, Ed.D. | Posted 03.19.2012 | Home
Meryl Ain, Ed.D.

A plan that would virtually end school bullying and make school discipline kinder, gentler and more meaningful is being proposed for schools throughout the country.

The High Cost of the Suh Stomp

Andrew Brandt | Posted 01.29.2012 | Sports
Andrew Brandt

More than the continued excellence of the Packers, more than the nail-biter between the Dolphins and Cowboys, and more than the Harbaugh family reunion, it is Ndamukong Suh's stomp -- unfortunately for the NFL -- that is the signature moment of the day.

180 Suspension For 'Accidentally' Touching Teacher?

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 11.22.2011 | Home

Seventh grader Je'Terra Bowie has been suspended for the past month from Wilkinson Middle School in Detroit for allegedly accidentally touching her te...

Hugging His Friend Got This Boy Suspended

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.04.2012 | Home

When Nick Martinez, a 14-year-old student at Southwest Middle School in Palm Bay, Fla. hugged his female best friend in between classes, he thought no...

ACLU Sues NC School Over Student's Nose Piercing

AP | TOM BREEN | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

RALEIGH, N.C. — The American Civil Liberties Union claims in a lawsuit filed Wednesday that a North Carolina school violated the constitutional ...

Michael Vick Averts Suspension From Commissioner Goodell

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Dexter Rogers

Michael Vick needs to play well and monitor what he does on and off the field. Vick should now understand more than ever that there are some in the media and otherwise who want to see him fail.

Deepwater Moratorium Becomes "Suspension," But Still Needed

Robert L. Cavnar | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Robert L. Cavnar

I've been saying for weeks now that the US should change its offshore policy to "if you drill here, you live here". How hard is that?

Michael Vick: Why Isn't Michael Vick Being Protected by the Media Like Ben Roethlisberger?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Dexter Rogers

There's a separate manual for the issuance of justice in society and sport. African-Americans often get the short end of the stick when compared to their white athletic brethren.

Steelers Trade Santonio Holmes to Jets: Should Roethlisberger Pack his Bags Too?

Dexter Rogers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Dexter Rogers

The Steelers seem to be cleaning house. They are ridding themselves of troubled players who don't fit the Steeler mold. Well, if that's the case then Roethlisberger should start packing his bags as well.

Head Hits Hurting Hockey

Brad Kurtzberg | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Brad Kurtzberg

Few people would argue that the NFL is not a tough league anymore because they have attempted to reduce blows to the head. The NHL would also not be any less tough if it passed similar measures.