Results List
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A Return to Community-Controlled Reform
Source: Our City - Our Schools
Our City - Our Schools is a call to action from the parents, students, teachers and advocates on the front lines of public education in Philadelphia. Bringing together four community organisations to collaborate on shared priorities, Our City - Our Schools helps its member groups work…
Resource type: Video
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Eastern Cape Schools Solidarity Visit
Source: Equal Education
From 23-26 April 2013 Archbishop Thabo Makgoba lead a delegation of eminent South Africans on an Eastern Cape Schools Solidarity Visit organised by Equal Education. The delegates were able to witness the extent of the infrastructure crisis and draw attention to the dire need for infrastructure…
Resource type: Video
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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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Eastern Cape Schools Solidarity Visit
Source: Equal Education
From 23-26 April 2013 Archbishop Thabo Makgoba lead a delegation of eminent South Africans on an Eastern Cape Schools Solidarity Visit organised by Equal Education. The delegates were able to witness the extent of the infrastructure crisis and draw attention to the dire need for infrastructure regulations. The…
Resource type: News
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LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'
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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Teaching in Prison's Shadow
Source: Huffington Post
By Sally Lee, Executive Director, Teachers UniteNot long ago a New Haven, Conn., high school with a predominantly African-American student body had an annex for students with chronic absences and those labeled as having behavioral issues. The annex was located in the New Haven Armory,…
Resource type: News
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School Discipline Reform Long Overdue, Experts Say
Source: NEA Today
By Edward Graham and Helen YoshidaPhoto: Getty ImagesAs schools around the country have tightened their disciplinary policies to curtail the possibility of school violence, some experts caution that these measures are doing more harm than good.Daniel Losen, director of the Center for Civil Rights Remedies…
Resource type: News
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Keeping Kids Safe, In School, And On The Path to Success
Source: The Atlantic Philanthropies
By Kavitha Mediratta
Resource type: News
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Equal Education's Campaign to Build the Future
Source: Equal Education
Out of the 24 793 public schools in South Africa 93% have no libraries, 95% have no science laboratories, 2 402 schools have no water supply, 46% still use pit latrine toilets and 913 schools have no toilets facilities. Take a look inside one of these…
Resource type: News
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Miss. District Required to Adjust 'Discriminatory' Discipline Policies
Source: Education Week
By Nirvi ShahA new agreement aims to stop what the federal government has labeled discriminatory discipline practices in the 6,100-student Meridian, Miss., school district. The U.S. Department of Justice said today that the school district has agreed to take a number of steps to address…
Resource type: News