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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos attends a ceremony where President Donald Trump awarded the 2018 Presidential Medals of Freedom at the White House in Washington D.C. Photo by Leah Millis/Reuters

Education Dec 18

Trump’s safety panel seeks to revoke school discipline rules

By Collin Binkley, Associated Press

Education Dec 27

South Dakota may ban public school teachers from instructing students about gender identity. Photo by Flickr user Robert Couse-Baker
More teachers’ union leaders come out against new student-discipline policies

Teachers in Fresno, California, and Des Moines, Iowa, have come out against their districts' efforts--following similar announcements in New York and Indianapolis--to reform how students are disciplined. Teachers are arguing that efforts to change student-disciplinary practices—largely in an attempt to…

By Emmanuel Felton, Education Week

Education Sep 21

South Dakota may ban public school teachers from instructing students about gender identity. Photo by Flickr user Robert Couse-Baker
Obama administration unveils new guidelines for school policing

New school policing guidelines are the education and justice department's latest efforts to dial back against zero-tolerance policies, which have disproportionately affected students of color.

By Evie Blad, Education Week

Education Aug 04

How feeling respected transforms a student’s relationship to school

A Stanford University study finds that a one-time intervention to help teachers and students empathize with one another halved the number of suspensions at five California middle schools, and helped build bonds between disengaged students and their schools.

By Sarah D. Sparks, Education Week

Education Jun 07

Lots of absences, disparities with school discipline, report finds

WASHINGTON — It's a challenge to teach children who aren't in class — and new government numbers show about 6.5 million students were absent for at least three weeks of the school year.

By Jennifer C. Kerr, Associated Press

Oct 29

What’s the role of a school resource officer? In my school, I’m part of the fabric

By Justin Schlottman

Editor’s note: After a video of a South Carolina school resource officer (SRO) forcefully removing a student from her desk went viral, a debate about the presence of law enforcement officers in schools lit up on social media. The officer,…

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Oct 12

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Is kindergarten too young to suspend a student?

By PBS News Hour

At the largest charter school network in New York City, strict academic and behavior standards set the stage for learning. That doesn't exclude children as young as 5 or 6 years old, who can be given out-of-school suspensions if they…

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Aug 28

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In reforming New Orleans, have charter schools left some students out?

By PBS News Hour

Ten years ago, New Orleans public schools were headed for academic rock bottom. And then Hurricane Katrina came, a disaster so devastating that it offered the rare opportunity to start over. Charter schools, empowered to take over, have raised test…

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Aug 25

Study finds higher expulsion rates for black students in South

By Amanda Gomez

Black students are suspended and expelled at significantly higher rates than white children in 13 Southern states, according to a new analysis of federal data.

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Apr 02

A radical approach to discipline that starts with listening to students

By Meredith Kolodner

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Having racked up multiple up absences and missed assignments, a high school sophomore showed up in his English class last year, hopeful for another chance. “Where have you been?” his teacher asked. “You can’t pass this…

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