by Andrea Payne | Aug 8, 2022 | Fresh Ideas
We’ve been saying it for two and a half years, but it can’t be overstated—things are very hard in schools right now. Not to mention, education has never been exactly easy. The pandemic and its fallout, social media, the divided social and political landscape… these...
by Andrea Payne | Apr 29, 2021 | Education News, Uncategorized
Texas’ second largest school district is on track to also become one of our most progressive in terms of disciplinary action. Dallas ISD is moving towards rewriting its school discipline code to end discretionary suspensions for minor things like disruption and...
by Jennifer Childress | Apr 25, 2018 | Headline News, Legal Developments
Since July 2017, officials from the U.S. Department of Education have closed at least 65 investigations into school discipline cases in districts singled out for disparately enacting strict disciplinary actions on minority students, including the school district in...
by Jennifer Childress | Dec 5, 2017 | Events
This past October, we were thrilled to present the first-ever statewide Conference on Restorative Discipline Practices in partnership with TEXRP, which was attended by hundreds of educators from across Texas. If you were there or not, we think you’ll enjoy this...
by Jennifer Childress | Jan 23, 2017 | Federal Guidance, Legal Developments
Last month, the Department of Education and Department of Justice released a new resource to assist states and school districts in improving School Resource Officer (SRO)-related policy and practice. The guide, “Safe, School-based Enforcement through Collaboration,...
