School Discipline

I began attending Boston Prep back in 2005 as a sixth-grader. I vividly remember walking into class. I noticed there was a sign that said “Oberlin College

I’m a fan of the Noble Charter School Network in Chicago because parents like the schools, they get good results for low-income kids and they are proving t

The enslavement, segregation and brutality of Black communities has been the bloody heirloom to White America for centuries. And the prison-industrial comp

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos recently assembled a school safety commission that will explore the need to repeal guidance that helps schools discipline s

In the 19 years since the shooting at Columbine High School took the lives of 12 students and one teacher, more than 187,000 students in at least 193 prima

Last week, two Black men were arrested for sitting in a Starbucks here in Philadelphia. They were waiting for a friend who arrived shortly after his friend

The latest Government Accountability Office analysis of school discipline policies has everyone talking about the disproportionate rates at which Black stu

Many people of privilege, myself included, have a hard time looking in the mirror and confronting their own racism. They will do anything to justify it. Ca

Betsy DeVos, the secretary of education, hosted a summit yesterday on school safety and climate so that she could hear from people—including educators—who