school discipline

No, I Wasn’t Angry Or Mean. I Was Just a Black Girl In School

Black girls face the double-whammy of race and gender stereotypes in the classroom, and stereotypes and biases are actively pushing them out of class.

– Feb 14, 2017

Video of NC Officer Body Slamming a Female Student Should Make You RAGE

An officer body slamming a female student should make us angry. So should administrators that let police officers patrol our children's schools.

– Jan 6, 2017

Black Children and Suicide: More Of Our Babies Are Taking Their Lives and Nobody Knows Why. We Have Some Ideas.

Researchers are grasping at straws to try to explain the massive increase in Black children committing suicide. We have some pretty solid explanations.

– May 20, 2015

Cops In Schools: This Video Montage Shows the Heartbreaking Truth Of How Black Children Are Harmed When Law Enforcement is in Charge of School Discipline

You know what's a complete disaster when it comes to Black children? Cops in schools, the chauffeurs to the school-to-prison pipeline.

– Mar 24, 2015

Black Girls With Dark Skin Face Harsher School Discipline

When it comes to Black girls and school discipline, dark-skinned girls are facing harsher penalties than all other races.

– Dec 12, 2014

School Dress Codes Unfairly Target Black Girls & I’m Tired Of It

School dress codes are the bane of a school girl's existence—especially if you're a Black girl with curves.

– Aug 27, 2014

Disgusting Disrespect of Children in Meridian, Miss. Will Make You Want to Cry

By NICK CHILES We’ve written here before about the dangers children face when schools employ police officers as school safety guards, but the case of...

– Nov 27, 2012
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