Tag: racial disparities
School suspensions don’t stop violence – they help students celebrate it
Charles Bell, Illinois State University
When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic...
How activists are fighting racial disparities in school discipline
Mark R Warren, University of Massachusetts Boston
Harsh and racially disparate discipline practices are widespread in America’s schools.
Not so long ago in Texas, for instance,...
Kids of color get kicked out of school at higher rates...
Samuel Song, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
When two black men were arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks where they had been waiting for a business...
Zero tolerance discipline policies won’t fix school shootings
Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina
As outrage over the Parkland school shooting persists, lawmakers are looking for actual policy solutions. Unfortunately, they sometimes...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
