school-to-prison pipeline
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Don’t Be Surprised if Colin Kaepernick Has More Schoolkids Sitting Out the Pledge
Editor’s note: Once a month, this column will tackle broader questions about what the country should do about gaps in achievement and opportunity. Colin Kaepernick is a role model whether you like it or not. Many view Kaepernick’s choice of protest as disrespectful to the flag, our armed forces and America itself, but the vitriol…
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4 Questions Parents Should Ask a Principal or Teacher to Ensure Their Child’s Success
Failing schools that service low-income black kids will continue to get away with egregious levels of educational neglect because they know no one will hold them accountable, unless parents are savvy enough to demand what their children deserve. Here are four questions that focus on school culture, instruction and assessment that parents should ask their…
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Outraged Mom Sues Chicago Public Schools Claiming 6-Year-Old Daughter Was Handcuffed for Taking Candy
A Chicago mother filed a lawsuit Thursday against Chicago Public Schools, claiming that her 6-year-old daughter was handcuffed at school as punishment for taking candy off a teacher’s desk, WLS reports. The alleged incident, at Fernwood Elementary, dates back to March, but Marlena Wordlow says she felt no one at CPS was giving her justice,…
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Parents Outraged After Elementary Student’s ‘Racist’ Comment About Brownies Prompts Police Response
The parents of a New Jersey third-grader are outraged after the police were called on their child for a comment that they said was made about brownies, Philly.com reports. The incident unfolded June 16 at an end-of-the-year class party at the William P. Tatem Elementary School in Collingswood. The third-grader reportedly made the comment about…
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Black Students Nearly 4 Times as Likely to Be Suspended: Report
Black students are almost four times as likely as white students to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions, new federal data released on Tuesday shows (pdf), underlining the grave disparity that still exists within the U.S. education system. The 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection survey looked at 16,758 school districts, encompassing 95,507 schools and 50,035,744…