Tag: Suspension

Necessary Blackness Ep: 53 Candice D. McKinley Talks Upcoming Race For School Board

 

On this episode of Necessary Blackness Podcast we are talking with Civil Litigation and Personal Injury Lawyer Candice D. Mckinley and her race for the Dekalb School Board # 2.

We talk about facilitating the growth of our children’s mind and how it must reflect their worldview and how the teachers must share the same cultural and spiritual values as the students.  Candice discusses prioritizing our children’s success and what criteria need to be in place in order for it to happen.

Kindergartners are Being Suspended for Calling Out Answers During Class

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Annually, approximately 3 million students, most of whom are in high school, receive out-of-school suspensions. However, more and more children in preschool or kindergarten are being sent home as punishment for infractions that would make you raise your eyebrows.

In a PBS NewsHour Special, John Merrow discusses suspensions within the Success Charter School Network in New York City, which started in 2006 and now consists of 34 schools, most of which are elementary schools. The network employs the “no excuses” model of educating, which means that teachers are held responsible for students doing well in school. The network refuses to accept excuses why a student does not do well—not hunger, sickness, or even violence within the home.

At Success Academy Prospect Heights, students have a list of 65 infractions that they must not commit. These infractions range from serious offenses like bullying and down to something as simple as “failing to be in a ready-for-success position,” whatever that means. Students are also not allowed to get out of their seats unless they have permission, nor can they call out an answer without raising their hand. All of these offenses can quickly lead to suspension.

 

via: YourBlackWorld

 

Parents Outraged: Student Punished For Helping Hungry Friend

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Recently an 8th grader from Weaverville, California was given a detention for sharing his lunch with a friend. All the 13 year-old Kyle Bradford did was share his chicken burrito with his friend didn’t want to eat the cheese sandwich the cafeteria was serving. Kyle, just like many other people and kids, didn’t see a problem with sharing his food with the other student. Here’s what Kyle had to say about it:

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