As a member of the Miami - Dade County Board of Education, Gallon has worked to increase support for underperforming schools, improve
equity in school discipline practices, and expand magnet schools to underserved communities.
Through our work advocating for
equity in school discipline, we often run into the same questions from site and district administrators.
Not exact matches
Withdrawal of the Obama Administration's guidance on
school discipline and
equity in resources
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discipline has become the subject of one of the most polarizing and entrenched debates
in education: Opponents of the Obama guidance argue that it has handicapped
schools from ensuring
schools are safe and productive learning environments; proponents assert the rules promote
equity and prevent educators from resorting to punitive
discipline practices that are ineffective at best and pernicious at worst.
Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities
in school discipline; the allocation of
school resources among racial groups;
schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender
equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.
The National Center for Special Education
in Charter
Schools Equity Coalition released a joint statement urging the charter sector to commit to strong and fair
discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, saying:
For instance, members of the
Equity Coalition have published joint statements on
discipline and to the Trump Administration and 115th Congress regarding critical issues impacting students with disabilities
in charter
schools.
Guided by criteria developed with the input of hundreds of students across the city, the youth panelists provided formal feedback to the Boston
School Committee on each candidate, evaluating them on their willingness to allow students to be involved in the decision - making process, their focus on equity in Boston schools, and their willingness to embrace and implement restorative justice practices to limit harsh school disci
School Committee on each candidate, evaluating them on their willingness to allow students to be involved
in the decision - making process, their focus on
equity in Boston
schools, and their willingness to embrace and implement restorative justice practices to limit harsh
school disci
school discipline.
Roxhill Elementary
School was able to successfully implement a PBIS system by providing strategies to break down barriers —
discipline, trauma,
equity issues —
in adult beliefs.
In Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013 School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial discipline disparities across LAUSD in The Equity Movemen
In Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013
School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial
discipline disparities across LAUSD
in The Equity Movemen
in The
Equity Movement.
Later this year, she is launching a blog entitled where she will shed light on all things educational
equity in hopes to push educators into 21st century
discipline practices; ultimately destroying the
school - to - prison pipeline.
Larry: What Federal and / or state policy changes do you think would do the most to ensure continued progress
in creating supportive
school discipline and fostering
equity in our
schools?
State policymakers are
in an ideal position to address disproportionate
discipline policies and practices
in order to improve
school equity and climate.
Fresno, the fourth largest
school district
in California, is
in the midst of a culture shift, Nelson said, and is working to address its
equity issues, such as the disparate
discipline rate of students who are Black, male and
in special education — the focus of Nelson's dissertation.
Within her recent work through the South Central Collaborative for
Equity (SCCE), Dr. Grayson assisted
in the technical assistance and training for the OCR - mandated issues concerning disparate
discipline and achievement rates
in several
school districts.
David Hinojosa, J.D., director of the federally - funded IDRA South Central Collaborative for
Equity, gives an overview of the civil rights protections that are
in place, the negative impact of many
school discipline practices and points to resources available to
schools and teachers.
At the Education Writers Association's 69th National Seminar
in Boston last week, several leading journalists predicted that
school finance (e.g., funding
equity and adequacy), race (e.g.,
school integration,
school discipline), state accountability systems under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, and implementation of the Common Core State Standards would receive the most coverage during the 2016 - 17
school year.
In this case, a district principal gets advice on
discipline from the
Equity Project Charter
School.
To gain recognition and respect for legal writing as a
discipline in its own right, the legal writing community has sought pay and title
equity, increased credits for the courses, and full rights to participate
in law
school governance.
I learned that we are entering an exciting period
in school discipline reform whereby educators, policy makers, and researchers are beginning to critically appraise their SEL initiatives with and eye toward increasing considerations about
equity and culture.