At the St. Louis, MO school's request, Veronica Williams must sit with her 4th grade son all day or he will be suspended if she can not find another adult to supervise him. The school sites behavioral problems and class disruptions as reasons for this odd request. Normandy School District's Barack Obama Elementary School recently suspended the 10-year-old after Williams … [Read more...]
Are Disparities in School Discipline Harming our Black Students
Growing up black, I have always felt and noticed that blacks kids got into trouble for the smallest infractions. Yes, we cut up sometimes as all kids do. But it was as if we were being watched all of the time. And so other kids that did the same things were getting away with it. And to me, it just felt as if the punishments were harsher. When I was in school, our school was … [Read more...]