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Defiance no reason to suspend students, board president says
Source: Los Angeles Times
BY TERESA WATANABEL.A. Unified President Monica Garcia proposes an end to "willful defiance" suspensions. Photo: Al Seib / Los Angeles TimesAdministrators in the Los Angeles Unified School District would no longer be allowed to suspend students for mouthing off or other acts of “willful defiance”…
Resource type: News
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Department of Education Data Show Urgent Need to Address Racial Disparities in School Discipline
Source: Dignity in Schools Coalition
Today Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, announced the results of the latest Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) – a national survey of 72,000 schools – which shows that racial disparities in school discipline, including suspensions, expulsions and arrests, remain alarmingly high in districts and states across the…
Resource type: News
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Why Some Schools Want To Expel Suspensions
Source: NPR
When Garfield High School in Los Angeles stopped suspending students for "willful defiance" several years ago, it saw suspensions drop from more than 600 to just one. Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to follow suit in all LA schools. Photo: Reed…
Resource type: News
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School health centers expand despite lack of state funding
Source: California Watch
By Louis Freedberg. Two of the state’s largest districts are undergoing a major expansion of health centers on school campuses after promised help from Sacramento never came.To build new facilities, Oakland and Los Angeles are tapping a combination of voter-approved bond money, fees from Medi-Cal…
Resource type: News
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L.A. Schools Moving Away From Zero Tolerance Policies
Source: Los Angeles Times
Students, parents and teachers staged a rally last month in front of the L.A. Unified Schools headquarters to urge the district and School Police Department to overhaul its old system of citations for students committing minor offenses. (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles Times / August 9,…
Resource type: News
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: May 2012
Source: Just and Fair Schools Fund
The Just and Fair Schools Fund supports grassroots organising initiatives that work to eliminate harsh school discipline policies and practices - and that uphold the right to education for all youth. Our newsletter shares updates on parent- and youth-led victories, partner spotlights, news, and resources to promote positive…
Resource type: News
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Analysis Finds Dramatic Spike in NYC Suspensions: Black Children and Students with Special Needs Most Affected
Source: New York Civil Liberties Union
The number of student suspensions in New York City public schools spiked dramatically over the past decade while the length of suspensions grew longer – a phenomenon disproportionally affecting black students and students with disabilities, according to a report released today by the New York…
Resource type: News
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: August 2012
Source: Just and Fair Schools Fund
The Just and Fair Schools Fund (JFSF) supports grassroots organizing initiatives that work to eliminate harsh school discipline policies and practices - and that uphold the right to education for all youth. Our newsletter shares updates on parent-, youth-, and congregation-led victories, partner spotlights, news,…
Resource type: News
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Change Comes to Washington: Will it Come to Philanthropy, Too?
Philanthropy should step up and seize the unprecedented opportunities created by the election of President Obama, said Gara LaMarche, President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies, in this speech at the Annual Meeting of Southern California Grantmakers in Los Angeles. When the terrific Sushma Raman –…
Resource type: Speech
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Just and Fair Schools Fund Newsletter: July 2012
Source: Just and Fair Schools Fund
The Just and Fair Schools Fund (JFSF) at Public Interest Projects supports grassroots organizing initiatives that work to eliminate harsh school discipline policies and practices - and that uphold the right to education for all youth. Our newsletter shares updates on parent-, youth-, and congregation-led victories,…
Resource type: News
