>> HEY, DARYN, THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES.

I'M BRANDIS FRIEDMAN ON THE SHOW TONIGHT.

COLLEGE STUDENTS ARE AWAITING A MAJOR OVERHAUL OF THE FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID PROCESS MEANT TO BE STREAMLINED AND EXPANDED.

HOW STUDENT MISCONDUCT CHANGES THROUGH THE USE OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES INSTEAD OF SUSPENSIONS.

>> THIS IS TO GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.

I DIDN'T HAVE THOSE CAMPS GOING UP.

>> AND YOU MIGHT KNOW HIM AS THE GRANDE MAN.

WE SHOW YOU HOW A 3 TIME MLB ALL-STAR IS GIVING BACK TO LOCAL KIDS.

AND NOW TO SOME OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

IT FELT LIKE A SHAKEDOWN.

THAT'S HOW A FORMER FAST FOOD OFFICIAL DESCRIBED HIS INTERACTION WITH FORMER ALDERMAN ED BURKE, JEFF MCDONALD, WHO WAS CHARGED WITH OVERSEEING THE RENOVATION OF A BURGER KING IN THE 14TH WARD, TESTIFIED TODAY IN BERKS CORRUPTION TRIAL.

MCDONALD TOLD JURORS THAT BURKE PRESSED HIM TO SET UP A MEETING FOR HIM WITH THE FIRM'S OWNERS AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO DONATE TO TO CHICAGO CHARITIES.

BURKE ALLEGEDLY DECLINED TO BLESS THE PROJECT UNTIL AFTER THE FIRM'S OWNERS MET WITH THEM.

BURKE FACES 14 CRIMINAL CHARGES, INCLUDING RACKETEERING, BRIBERY AND EXTORTION.

FOR MORE ON THE LATEST IN HIS TRIAL, VISIT OUR WEBSITE.

THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD IS SET TO VOTE ON URBAN PREP ACADEMIES, CHARTER RENEWALS, DESPITE ONGOING LITIGATION LAST OCTOBER, THE BOARD VOTED UNANIMOUSLY AGAINST RENEWING THE CHARTERS CAMPUSES CITING, QUOTE, SERIOUS AND UNACCEPTABLE OPERATIONAL ISSUES.

AND AMID ALLEGATIONS OF AND FINANCIAL MISCONDUCT BY URBAN PREP LEADERSHIP, A COOK COUNTY JUDGE BEEN REJECTED CPS'S PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE CHARTER SCHOOLS TO SOUTHSIDE CAMPUSES AND ORDERED OFFICIALS TO RENEW URBAN PREP CHARTER, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE 2023.

24 SCHOOL YEAR.

CPS IMMEDIATELY APPEALED THAT DECISION IN THE CASE REMAINS ONGOING.

CHICAGO'S UNION STATION IS ON TRACK TO RECEIVE MORE THAN 93 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS.

US SENATORS DURBIN AND TAMMY DUCKWORTH ALONG WITH CONGRESSMAN MIKE QUIGLEY ANNOUNCED THE FUNDING FOR THE CHICAGO HUB IMPROVEMENT PROJECT OR CHIP TODAY, THE FUNDING IS INTENDED TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND STATION PLATFORMS, BRING PLATFORMS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT AND REPURPOSE THE STATION'S MALE PLATFORM FOR INNER CITY RAIL SERVICE AFTER BEING OUT OF YOU SINCE 2005 DURBIN'S OFFICE SAYS IN THE LAST 15 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF TRAINS ON ILLINOIS TRACKS HAS DOUBLED.

A CHICAGO BASED BURGER GIANT IS SET UP FOR UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS.

THE MCDONALD'S EMPIRE IS EXPECTING TO OPEN NEARLY 10,000 RESTAURANTS OVER THE NEXT 4 YEARS.

PACE OF GROWTH THAT WOULD BE UNPRECEDENTED EVEN FOR THE WORLD'S LARGEST BURGER CHAIN.

IT'S AIMING TO HAVE 50,000 RESTAURANTS IN OPERATION WORLDWIDE BY THE END OF 2027 AFTER HAVING JUST OVER 40,000 RESTAURANTS AT THE START OF THIS YEAR.

UP NEXT, A MAJOR OVERHAUL IN STUDENT FINANCIAL AID APPLICATIONS.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT, BLACK VOICES IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY 5TH 3005TH BANK AND BY THE SUPPORT OF THESE DONORS.

>> THERE WE BELIEVE WOULD DIVERSE VOICES ARE HEARD AND EMPOWERED COMMUNITIES ARE MADE STRONGER A FUTURE HOLDS GREAT PROMISE FOR ALL.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE PROUD TO SUPPORT CHICAGO.

TONIGHT.

BLACK VOICES TOGETHER.

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TOGETHER.

WE CAN DRIVE CHANGE.

>> STUDENTS APPLYING FOR FEDERAL FINANCIAL AID ARE ABOUT TO ENTER UNCHARTERED TERRITORY.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE FREE APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL STUDENT AID OR FAFSA FORM IS UNDERGOING ITS FIRST MAJOR OVERHAUL SINCE THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION.

THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS THE NEW STREAMLINED FORM WILL ALLOW MORE THAN 600,000 NEW STUDENTS FROM LOW-INCOME BACKGROUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO RECEIVE PELL GRANTS.

IT ALSO SAYS 1.5 MILLION MORE STUDENTS WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MAXIMUM PELL GRANT IN ILLINOIS.

THAT WOULD MEAN NEARLY 22,000 NEW PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS AND ALMOST 53,000 MORE STUDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE MAXIMUM.

JOINING US TO DISCUSS THESE CHANGES ARE RICH HAYS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF FINANCIAL AID AND SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, CHICAGO AND MAKE A BATES MANAGING DIRECTOR OF COLLEGE ACCESS CHICAGO START SCHOLARS WHICH SUPPORT STUDENTS AS THEY APPLY FOR AND ENTER COLLEGE PREPARE FOR FUTURE CAREERS.

THANKS YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

SO OF COURSE, WE JUST HEARD WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAYS WILL BE THE BENEFITS AND THE IMPACT OF THESE CHANGES, PARTICULARLY WITH PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS.

BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES BEYOND SIMPLY SIMPLIFYING THE FACTS OF BACKS UP, WHICH IS HARD FOR EVERYONE TO THAT APPLICATION ITSELF.

RICH, LET'S START WITH YOU, SOME OF THE KEY CHANGES THAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.

FIRST, A CHANGE IN FCS.

HE'S BEEN AROUND FOR A VERY LONG TO FAMILY COURT EXPECTED INTERVIEW SHUN THE CHANGING IT TO SAI WHICH TODAY INDEX.

>> AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS SO THEY CAN EXPAND THE NET OF STUDENTS THAT COULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL PELL GRANTS AND FEDERAL AID ALTOGETHER.

SO ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES IN DOING SO.

THAT MEANS THAT THE CHANGE UP THE WHOLE METHODOLOGY OF HOW THEY CALCULATE THAT NUMBER.

AND SO THIS NEW APPLICATION IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE WAY LESS QUESTIONS QUESTIONS NOW, THAT'S WHAT A MORTGAGE APPLICATION THE SUPPOSED TO GO DOWN TO.

46 WITH DYNAMIC, WHICH MEANS THAT BASED ON HOW THE STUDENT RESPOND SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT QUICKER TO GET THROUGH THAT MODIFICATION.

MAKE US IN QUESTION TO YOU.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT YOU NOTICE?

FOR US.

IT'S THE DATE SO USED OCTOBER.

1ST.

>> WE HAVE AN ENTIRE CURRICULUM THAT IS DESIGNED AROUND THAT DATE.

THEREFORE, OF COURSE, THAT WAS OUR FIRST SHIFT.

WE HAD TO IMMEDIATELY.

WE THINK OUR CURRICULUM SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THE THAT DATE CHANGES IT.

TYPICALLY STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS THE FACTS, BUT IMPLICATION ON OCTOBER.

1ST DEPARTMENT OF IT IS SAYING THAT IT WILL BE READY NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 31ST, WHICH IS A FULL 2 MONTHS LATER.

YES, IT'S NEW YEAR'S EVE AND K WE COULD GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WHAT KIND OF ANXIETY OR STUDENTS AND WHAT WHAT KIND OF IMPACT IS THAT DELAY GOING TO HAVE ON THE STUDENTS THAT YOU WORK WITH?

>> OH, WELL, WERE NOTIFIED EARLY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GIVE OUR STUDENTS A HEADS UP.

SO I THINK THE FACT THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE IMPACTED BY THIS IS HELPFUL WAY.

IT'S LIKE THEY'RE NOT IN THIS THEY KNOW EVERYONE IS WAITING.

AND I THINK FOR STUDENTS AS ALWAYS HELPFUL TO KNOW THAT THEY GOT IN THIS WITH THOSE I THINK.

>> FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE, IT'S ABOUT THE UNKNOWN.

NOBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FORM IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

WE KEEP SAYING IT IS COMING ON OUR RIGHT?

>> IT'S STUDENTS, OUR HIGH-PERFORMING.

THEY'RE ENGAGED.

IT'S OF COURSE THEY ARE.

THIS IS TOP OF FOR THEY'RE EXCITED.

IMPORTANT TO THEM.

OF RICH, WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOUR OFFICE AND THE STUDENTS WE WORK WITH?

WE HAVE HIGH STRAIGHT ACROSS THE NATION HAVE HIGH ANXIETY WE JUST THROUGH FEDERAL SOON.

A CONFERENCE AND WE DIDN'T GET MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THIS MEANS FOR US IS BECAUSE ANY TIME A NEW YEAR COMES IN.

>> WE HAVE TO TEST TO MAKE SURE THAT IS WORKING PROPERLY TO MAKE SURE STU PACKAGE WITH THE RIGHT THAT MEANS THAT OUR WINDOW TO TEST IS NOW SHRUNK TO A VERY SMALL WINDOW AND THEN ALSO MEANS THAT AWARD LETTERS, FINANCIALLY NOTIFICATIONS IS GOING TO GO OUT A LOT LATER.

THEN THEY SHOULD.

SO WE PLAN OUR ENTIRE YEAR BASED ON WHAT WE PUT OUT OUR NOTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS AS WELL.

SO NOW STUDENTS THAT COME AND SEE US, WE HAVE TO MOVE, DO TAKES UP AND WE HAVE TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THOSE FINANCIALLY NOTIFICATIONS A WHOLE LOT LATER.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THOSE AWARD LETTERS A LITTLE BIT.

THEY DEBATE.

HOW IMPORTANT ARE THOSE BUT ONCE THE STUDENT KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTED, FAMILY CONTRIBUTION OR NOW THEIR STUDENT AID INDEX, WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE, WHAT THAT IS.

>> THAT HELPS SCHOOLS DETERMINE HOW MUCH STUDENTS ARE MAYBE PLANS AROUND EXACTLY.

THAT COULD BE THAT COULD BE A YES OR NO.

DEPENDING WHO GETS THE FEDERAL A NOTIFICATION OUT.

FIRST, BY WHAT I WILL TELL STUDENTS IS TO BE PATIENT BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET CERTAIN CERTAIN JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE GETTING A LATE NOTIFICATION.

IT JUST MEANS THAT YOU WANT TO PICK THE RIGHT SCHOOL FOR YOU, BUT THAT'S EVERY SCHOOL IS AFFECTED WITH THIS DEADLINE THAT'S COMING OUT.

BUT THOSE FINANCIALLY NOTIFICATIONS ARE CRITICAL BECAUSE NOW THEY EVEN FOR GRADUATION IS A REQUIREMENT.

AND SO IF THEY DON'T HAVE THAT, THAT PUSHES THE TIMELINE FOR SAY CPS STUDENTS AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL.

LOW INCOME STUDENTS WERE LOOKING AT AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS WHO ARE GREATLY IMPACTED.

THAT GET A NOTIFICATION YOUR FIRST GEN STUDENTS.

YES YOU KNOW, UNDER THIS NEW SYSTEM TO MAKE A FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION WILL BE SHARED WITH THE IRS.

WHAT IS WHAT'S THE CONCERN THERE?

THE CONCERN IS THAT WE OFTEN TIMES STRUGGLE WITH GETTING TAX DOCUMENTATION.

>> DOCUMENTATION FROM FIRST GENERATION, LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

THERE'S JUST A GENERAL CONCERN ABOUT HOW USING THIS INFORMATION.

WHERE IS IT GOING?

WE WORK WITH UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS.

THEREFORE, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, THOSE, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES ARE WITH, YOU KNOW, GETTING THAT INFORMATION IS.

SO I THINK THE AUTOMATIC UPLOAD IS POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR STUDENTS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THAT CHANGE IN WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS?

ARE THAT THE IMPACTS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, PARTICULARLY FOR BLACK STUDENTS?

I WOULD I KIND OF CONTINUAL WITH THAT.

THAT PERSPECTIVE OF HOW GETTING THE WORD LETTER LATER IMPACTS THEIR SCHOLARSHIPS, RIGHT.

SO WE KNOW THAT FROM OUR CURRICULUM PER PARTICULARLY WE AS SOON AS OUR STUDENTS FINISH THEIR APPLICATIONS, WE START WORKING ON SCHOLARSHIPS.

ALL OF THAT IS YOU KNOW, RICH MENTIONED IS BEING PUSHED BACK.

IT IS ALSO CAUSING OUR STUDENTS WILL PLATFORM OR SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW.

SO THAT WILL ITS MORE RIGHT.

ALL OF THOSE ESPECIALLY AROUND THE HOLIDAY SEASON.

BUT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR THEM TO DECOMPRESS A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF LET IT GO.

EXACTLY.

THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY ENCOURAGE OUR STUDENTS TO TO TURN THIS TIME IS, YOU KNOW, WE WE TAKE THAT TO A RIGOROUS ON SITE EXPERIENCE THAT MAYBE FEE AND OCTOBER.

AND SO THIS IS USUALLY.

>> THEY'RE KIND OK, WE DID THAT.

AND NOW WE'RE READY TO GO.

BUT BACK AND WAIT.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT WEALTH AT WERE RICH.

THE OTHER THING IS EVERYONE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE AN FSA OR FEDERAL STUDENT AID ID VERSUS USING YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IN THIS APPLICATION.

WHAT IMPACT YOU THINK THAT WILL HAVE?

SO THE FSA IDEA SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE.

BUT WHEN I CAME UP, THE SCHOOL HAD A PIN NUMBER AS A FOOT JAPAN WITH A WHOLE LOT EASIER, RIGHT.

BUT NOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS MUST HAVE FSA ID AS WELL.

>> AND NOW TO INTRODUCE A NEW TERM CALL CONTRIBUTOR TO THE FAST APPLICATION.

AND THAT MEANS THAT ANYBODY THAT HAS TO SUBMIT INFORMATION, THEY MUST HAVE FSA ID AS WELL.

SO WHAT THEY'RE DOING UNDOCUMENTED PARENTS IT'S A BUTTON.

YOU CLICK WITHIN THE FASTBALL.

THIS IS THAT A PARENT DOESN'T HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, AD, THEIR ADDRESS, BUT FOR UNDOCUMENTED PARENT STILL GOING TO MAKE THEM ALL APPREHENSIVE ABOUT GETTING IT DONE BECAUSE THEY FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PUTTING INFORMATION.

IT'S IT'S A SOME TYPE OF FEDERAL SYSTEM AND THEN FROM FTA STANDPOINT, WHAT YOU SAID, IT'S A REQUIREMENT.

IF THEY DECLINE, THEY HAVE TO EVERY CONTRIBUTOR HAS TO CONSENT ON THAT FAST.

BUT IF THEY DECLINED IT.

>> SAY THAT THEY'RE INELIGIBLE FINANCIALLY.

THE OTHER PART OF THAT BY HAVING EVERYONE ELSE SORT OF JOIN YOUR APPLICATION, YOU'RE THEN RELIANT ON OTHER FOLKS IN THE FAMILY.

>> EXACT TO GET IT DONE AND THEY MAY BE WORKING IT.

JUST LIKE A REASONABLE THEY LIKE A WORKFLOW NOW.

SO BEFORE THE STUDENT WOULD DO IT FOR BOTH, THERE MAY BE UNDOCUMENTED SALES.

THEY CAN JUST GO THROUGH THE ENTIRE APPLICATION.

NOW THEY HAVE TO DO THEIR SECTION.

THE COUNTRY HAS TO COME INTO THEIR SECTION AND BUT YOU CAN'T DO EACH OF THE SECTION.

SO NOW IT'S GOING TO CAUSE SOME TYPE OF DELAY FORCED TO DO TO ACTUALLY GET THAT DONE, ESPECIALLY FOR PEER WHO MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT.

WE'VE GOT 30 SECONDS LEFT.

MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF ADVICE THAT YOU'RE GIVING STUDENTS RIGHT NOW.

DON'T FEEL THE CHANGE THERE BECAUSE EVERYONE IS GOING THROUGH THIS.

THERE ARE GOING TO BE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WILL BE AROUND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>> AND SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, COLLEGES IN UNIVERSITIES.

SO I ADVICE IS JUST TO ASK FOR HELP.

DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO IT BY YOURSELF.

JUST BECAUSE YOU KEEP HEARING IT'S EASY.

EASY, EASY HERE.

TRUST IT'S GOOD.

THEY'RE GOING SO BE PATIENT FOLKS LIKE RICH ARE GOING TO BE LOTS OF QUESTIONS.

HIM AND HIS TEAM AT UIC IN WILL GET PLENTY AS WELL BEST OF LUCK TO YOU BOTH 2 DAYS IN SO MUCH FOR JOINING >> UP NEXT, WHAT RESEARCH IS SAYING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES INSTEAD OF SUSPENSIONS AND SCHOOLS RIGHT AFTER THIS.

BLACK CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS ARE BENEFITING FROM A SHIFT IN DISCIPLINE PRACTICES AT AREA SCHOOLS.

ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH, A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO EDUCATION LAB SHOWS USING RESTORATIVE PRACTICES LED TO AN 18% REDUCTION IN SUSPENSIONS ALONG WITH 35%.

FEW ARRESTS AT SCHOOL AND A 15% DECREASE IN OUT OF SCHOOL ARRESTS.

HERE TO DISCUSS THOSE IMPACTS ARE MEMO.

MONEY RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO EDUCATION LAB.

AND SHARON PONDER A PERFORMING ARTS IN SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LEARNING TEACHER AT CARTER SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE.

THANKS TO YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

BOTTOM LET'S START WITH YOU, PLEASE FOR FOLKS WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT CAR RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO THESE ARE SET OF PRACTICES BASED ON A VERY SIMPLE IDEA THAT WHEN INCIDENTS HAPPENED, WHEN CONFLICTS ARISE, THE MOST USEFUL RESPONSE IS TRYING TO HEARD THE HEART THAT WAS CAUSED AND WE STARTED RELATIONSHIPS RATHER TO RETALIATE THE PERPETRATOR.

THE PERSON WHO CAUSED THE HARM AND WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN SCHOOLS IS THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S ACCOUNTABILITY THERE'S A LOT EMPHASIS ON BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS.

AND IN GENERAL, A CULTURE THAT REDUCES THE LIKELIHOOD OF CONFLICT HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE.

>> GIVE US A SENSE OF OF HOW YOU CONDUCTED THE STUDY WITH CPS.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO IT PARTNERED WITH THE CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF RESTORATIVE PRACTICES.

>> AS THEY WERE ROLLED OUT IN CHICAGO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS ON STUDENT OUTCOMES, STUDENT BEHAVIOR AND STUDENTS EXPERIENCE IN EVERY EXPERIENCES THERE IN THEIR SCHOOL.

AND AND SO WERE ABLE TO USE DATA FROM CPS STARTED ROLLING OUT THESE PRACTICES IN 2014 UP TO AND WE SEE.

READ IT REDUCTIONS, AS YOU MENTIONED SUSPENSION AND ARREST.

WE SEE IMPROVEMENT IN SCHOOL CULTURE AS REPORTED BY STUDENTS THEMSELVES SPEAK STUDENTS REPORTING THAT THE FEE, IF THEY HAVE AN INCREASED SENSE OF BELONGING THAT THEY FEEL THE SCHOOL IS A SAFER PLACE.

AND ALSO THAT THE CLASSMATES ARE BEHAVING AS THEY REPORTED, GIVING THEM MORE ROOM TO LEARN AND TO GROW IN HAVE THAT COMMUNITY.

SHARON, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE IN A CLASSROOM LIKE YOURS?

IT LOOKS FABULOUS.

AND I AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE WE SORT OF PRACTICES AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING THEY'RE ALIGNED.

THEY GO HAND IN HAND.

>> AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WAYS TO BUILD TRUSTING ENVIRONMENT.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT IN OUR SCHOOLS AND JUST KIND OF PICKING PICKING BACKING OFF OF SOME OF DATA THAT YOU'VE COME UP WITH.

WE'RE NOTICING RESTORED OF CONVERSATIONS ARE REALLY HELPING HAVING PEACE CIRCLES LOGS, EVEN GIVING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THEIR OWN AGENCY AND REALLY TALK ABOUT ISSUES THAT ARE IMPACTING THEM REALLY HELPS THEM FEEL BETTER AND SELF-AWARE.

IS THERE EXAMPLE THAT SPRINGS TO MIND AN INSTANCE WHEN IT WAS IT WAS USED AND HOW IT WORKED?

>> OH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY HAD A GREAT DEAL OF REPORTING BULLYING.

>> AND STUDENTS BULLYING DIFFERENT SETTINGS, DIFFERENT FORMS.

AND SO WHEN STUDENTS COME TO YOUR CLASSROOM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT IS IT'S STILL IN THE AIR SOME OF THE THE HARNESS.

IT STILL THERE.

SO WE'RE HAVING.

P TALKING CIRCLE WHERE WE'RE GIVING STUDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY VOICE SO THAT THEY CAN KIND OF SHARE WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT THEN ALSO THE ONE WHO INFLICT THAT THE HARM CAN ALSO HEAR WHAT THIS DID TO THE TO THE PERSON AND A LOT OF TIMES WE GET I'M SORRY FOR BOTH STUDENTS STANDING UP GIVING EACH OTHER HUGS AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T MEAN IT.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE SPACE IN THE CLASSROOM SO THAT WE CAN HAVE RESTORED OF CONVERSATION.

AS WE MENTIONED, YOUR RESEARCH FOUND THAT STUDENTS WHO WERE EXPOSED TO THE USE OF THESE THOSE SCHOOLS EXPERIENCED A REDUCTION IN BOTH IN AND OUT OF SCHOOL ARREST.

>> HOW DOES THIS ILLUSTRATES THE BROADER EFFECT?

HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT?

HOW DOES ONE IMPACT THE OTHER CAUSE?

THE OTHER?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO I THINK THESE ARE 2 SEPARATE THINGS.

AND IT'S I'M GLAD YOU OUT OF SCHOOL ARREST BECAUSE >> THAT SHOWS US THAT IT'S NOT WHAT WE SEEN.

THE DATA IS NOT JUST SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS AND TEACHERS ARE RESPONDING LEARNING NEW TECHNIQUES.

IT'S ACTUALLY SHOWING THE STUDENTS BEHAVIOR IS CHANGING.

IT'S SHOWING US THE STUDENTS THEIR NEWSOM'S CONFLICT RESOLUTION SKILLS THAT CAN THEY CAN NOW APPLY NOT JUST IN SCHOOLS BUT OUTSIDE SCHOOLS.

TEACHERS ARE NOT THERE.

SO THIS RIFE BY FINDING ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT FINDINGS FROM RESEARCH.

SHARON, YOU WORK WITH MOSTLY BLACK STUDENTS ON THAT.

OBVIOUSLY, THE BIGGER RESEARCH HAS SHOWN A PARTICULAR IMPACT ON BLACK STUDENTS.

MORE SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> WHAT HAS BEEN THE RESPONSE THAT YOU'VE FROM THE STUDENTS ARE RECEIVING THIS KIND OF TREATMENT VERSUS A PUNITIVE DISCIPLINE.

>> QUESTIONS.

SO FOR ME IN MY CAREER WORKING WITH CHICAGO, PUBLIC SCHOOLS WORKING CABRINI GREEN ENGLEWOOD, KERRY HORNER AND NOW AT CAR TO SCHOOL IN THE WASHINGTON PARK AREA.

I HAVE NOTICED DECREASE AND LASHING OUT A DECREASE STUDENTS.

PRETTY MUCH NOT FEELING AS IF THEY'RE BEING IDENTIFIED ARE TARGETED AND THAT THEY HAVE A SPACE WHERE THEY CAN SHARE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN IN SOME OF THE KEY COMPONENTS OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TRYING TO GET STUDENTS TO REFLECT ON THERE AND MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS, GETTING THEM TO BE ABLE TO MAKE BETTER CHOICES AND BE BETTER DECISION-MAKERS.

SO WE'RE SEEING THE CONVERSATIONS ARE GOING BOTH WAYS WITH TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND STUDENTS TO STUDENTS.

>> WHAT ARE THE IMPACTS OF A PUNITIVE PRACTICES LIKE SUSPENSIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO BLACK STUDENTS?

ABSOLUTELY.

SO OVER THE PAST 5 OR SO, WE HAVE SEEN A DRAMATIC INCREASE IN IN.

THEY USE OPPORTUNITIES PRACTICES JUST SUSPENSION EXPLOSION.

AND WE KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT HOW HARMFUL THESE PRACTICES CAN BE BE.

NO STUDENTS WERE EXPOSED TO THESE PRACTICES ARE MORE LIKELY TO DROP LESS LIKELY TO GRADUATE, LESS LIKELY TO GO TO COLLEGE.

AND WHEN THEY ENTER SOCIETY IS BATTLES LESS THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO BE ARRESTED AND INCARCERATED.

SO AND KNOW THAT'S LIKE STUDENTS OF COLOR, BLACK AND HISPANIC STUDENTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE EXPOSED TO THESE PRACTICES.

SO THEY'RE DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED THESE PUNITIVE PRACTICES THAT ARE THAT HAVE BEEN IN AND SO THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT RESTARTED PRACTICES IS THAT PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE AND TO EDUCATORS AND TEACHERS THAT THEY CAN NOW USE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST TOLD TEACHERS DON'T USE PUNITIVE PRACTICES SUSPEND THEM.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANOTHER TOOL THAT THEY CAN APPLY WHEN THEY FACE SOMETIMES VERY SERIOUS INSTANCES OF MISCONDUCT IN THEIR IN THEIR BUILDINGS.

THEY HAVE TO HAVE TOOL SAID THAT THEY CAN APPLY AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.

DID YOU WANT I WAS JUST GOING IT AND I WANT TO JUST OFFICE OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING DOCTOR CYNTHIA TREAT.

WELL, BECAUSE >> THEY'RE DOING EXACTLY THAT.

GIVING US.

IT'S NOT JUST TEACHERS, BUT RC CAUSE.

OUR SUPPORT STAFF GIVING THEM TOOLS AND RESOURCES.

AND WE'RE WE'RE FEELING MORE EMPOWERED WITH THE RESOURCES AND THE TRAINING THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM.

PLACES LIKE THE OFFICE OF SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND REALLY IT REALLY IT REALLY DOES HELP POSITIVE IMPACT.

MUNITIONS WOULD LIKE THAT SCHOOL TO PRISON PIPELINE THAT WE HEAR SO MUCH ABOUT.

WE'RE OUT OF TIME.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE IMPACT ON LATINO BOYS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S SOME MORE RESEARCH.

>> THAT IS WARRANTED THERE.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S MORE INFORMATION FOR VIEWERS ON OUR BUT WE'LL HAVE TO LEAVE IT THERE.

MY THANKS TO FIGHT THE MEMO.

MANY INJURED PONDER FOR JOINING US.

THANK THANK YOU FOR HAVING >> UP NEXT, HOW A 3 TIME MLB ALL-STAR IS AIMING TO MAKE BASEBALL TRAINING ACCESSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE.

BUT FIRST, A LOOK AT THE WEATHER.

>> CURTIS GRANDERSON SPENT 16 SEASONS PLAYING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.

NOW HE'S PASSING DOWN THOSE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE TO THE NEXT GENERATION OF PLAYERS AND INSPIRING THEM TO PURSUE COLLEGE CHICAGO.

TONIGHT'S JOANNA HERNANDEZ TELLS US ABOUT THE GRANDE MAN'S BASEBALL ACADEMY.

>> I WAS IN THEIR SHOES AND I WAS ALSO IN YOUR SHOES.

I STARTED PLAYING WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD.

CURTIS GRANDERSON IS RETIRED FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, BUT HE'S STILL MAKING MOVES ON THE FIELD AT.

THESE ARE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF BASEBALL PLAYERS THAT YOU CAN BECOME WITHOUT GOING PROFESSIONAL LEVEL AND ALL OF THEM ARE STRIVING TO BECOME PROS.

>> GRANDERSON IS THE FOUNDER OF CHICAGO, BASEBALL AND EDUCATIONAL RUNS IT AT HIS ALMA MATER.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO.

WE BUILT THE STADIUM WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW IN 2014 AND THEN 2 YEARS LATER, OK, HOW DO WE GET THE COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THIS?

AMAZING CAUGHT THE BEST VIEW IN BASEBALL.

THE ORGANIZATION WANTS A VARIETY OF CAMPS, CLINICS IN TOURNAMENTS FOR KIDS ACROSS CHICAGO ALL YEAR LONG.

I WANT TALKS ABOUT HOW SEGREGATED THE CITY IS AND BASEBALL IN SPORT.

I FEEL LIKE IS A REALLY GOOD NEUTRALIZE ARE BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER THE 3 TIME.

MLB ALL-STAR SAYS THE PROGRAM'S MISSION IS TO EMPOWER YOUTH BY PLAYING HARD AND DREAM BIG.

AND WHEN I WAS PLAYING MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL IS ONE OF A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS WITH A COLLEGE DEGREE.

>> SO I KNEW THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION.

ALSO GIVING BACK.

I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS CALLED GIVING BACK AT THE TIME.

I WOULD JUST WATCH MY PARENTS DO 8 YEAR-OLD CAMERON VASQUEZ IS ALREADY THINKING BIG.

>> DO WANT TO PLAY PROFESSIONALLY.

>> YES, HOW COME?

>> SO I COULD BE LIKE THEY'VE YOU LIKE BABE YEAH.

TOO BAD.

HE IS THAT WHEN YOU MADE PAY PAY.

NOW IT UIC BASEBALL PLAYER.

JAMES HARRIS IS ONE OF THE COACHES IN THE ORGANIZATION IS REALLY JUST ABOUT GIVING BACK FOR IT'S ALWAYS FUN.

AND YOU KNOW, IT.

>> KIDS LIKE THEY EAGER TO THE COLLEGE SENIOR STARTED PLAYING WHEN HE WAS A KID NOW WORKING TO SCORE A SPOT IN THE BIG LEAGUES.

THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE BIG DREAMS FOR ME.

>> MAKE IT TO THE LEAGUE.

SO MY MINDSET, I HAVE TO WORK ANYMORE.

CURTIS GRANDERSON BELIEVES ONE WAY TO GET TO THE BIG LEAGUES IS THROUGH EDUCATION.

>> CURRENTLY LESS THAN 7% OF MLB ROSTERS ARE BLACK.

>> THAT'S ACCORDING TO CENTRAL FLORIDA'S INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY AND ETHICS IN SPORT.

>> THIS PAST YEAR IN THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL DRAFT, 80% OF THE PLAYERS DRAFTED.

WE'RE FROM COLLEGE.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DRAFT PLAYERS FROM COLLEGE, WE GOT TO GET MORE PLAYERS INTO COLLEGE.

WE HAVE TO GET MORE PLAYERS OF COLOR INTO COLLEGE FOR SOME KIDS.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE STEPPED ONTO A COLLEGE CAMPUS.

>> AND EXPERIENCE GRANDERSON SAYS INSPIRES KIDS TO BECOME A STUDENT ATHLETE.

NOW I'M IN A POSITION.

>> I HAD THE ABILITY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE, THE FILL THEIR DREAMS.

AND IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AT THE MAJOR LEAGUE LEVEL.

IT COULD BECOME SCOUT COMING UMPIRE IN THE FIRST TO GO TO COLLEGE IN THE FIRST TO GRADUATE COLLEGE.

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