June 13, 2019
Students and Social Issues
Take a look at what happens in public schools where educators care more about creating a community built upon kindness, not consequences.
Students and Social Issues » Restorative Justice
February 4, 2019
Educators in Action
Feb. 4-8 is Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action.
October 17, 2018
Education Policy
“Lift Us Up, Don’t Push Out” tells the story of how parents, students, educators and their allies are fighting systemic racism in schools.
July 19, 2018
Education Policy
Most students want to be engaged in school, but severe disciplinary policies disrupt learning and make them feel undervalued, unwelcome and misunderstood, according to a new study.
February 7, 2018
Students and Social Issues
Only 8 percent of U.S. high school seniors can identify slavery as the central cause of the Civil War. A new study issues an urgent call on schools to do a better job at teaching the country’s ‘original sin.’
January 23, 2018
Students and Social Issues
Most of the nation’s largest school districts are actively trying to reduce out-of-school suspensions, but a reversal of Obama-era guidelines could be coming in 2018.
December 14, 2017
Students and Social Issues
They may be legal, but these searches may be contributing to the school-to-prison pipeline. Restorative justice is the better option for schools.
August 25, 2016
Students and Social Issues
The results speak for themselves: In-school suspensions at piloted schools dropped by 70 percent. Out-of-school suspensions dropped by 77 percent.
February 26, 2015
Students and Social Issues
Florida leads all states with highest suspension rate. Despite improvement in some districts, little has changed nationwide.
June 18, 2014
Students and Social Issues
The kid wants to serve the volleyball, but his high school classmates ignore him. “Shut up!” he pleads, but...