Sunday, May 17, 2015

You're All Fucked!!! Too Many Black Students Suspended Leads Oakland Schools to Stop Punishment


Board members of California's Oakland Unified School District unanimously voted on Wednesday to cease suspending students for what they call "willful defiance." Those behaviors can include swearing/yelling at teachers, refusing direct orders, texting, and storming out of class, to name a few. The reason? Concern that too many black students are being suspended for willful defiance. One sophomore student, Dan'enicole Williams, told the San Francisco Gate, "They never take time out, if someone is sleeping in class, to ask what’s wrong. They may be acting that way because they didn’t eat the night before.” "We’re getting pushed out of schools,” she added. “They don’t care about us.” Along with suspensions, the new policy will also include bans on expulsions and transfers of students to other schools for multiple infractions. Truth Revolt Read More>>>>>



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