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Ending the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Secretary Duncan joined Attorney General Holder yesterday for the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention forum to share the results of a groundbreaking study on school discipline and to announce the launch of the Supportive School Discipline Initiative. The Initiative is a new step in improving school discipline procedures and ending the “school to prison pipeline” that affects far too many of the nation’s students.
The study by the Justice Center and the Public Policy Research Institute examines the disciplinary records of all Texas seventh-graders for a six-year period beginning in the year 2000. First, the study found that almost 6 out of 10 students, a disproportionate number of them African-Americans or students designated as suffering from an “emotional disturbance,” were suspended or expelled between 7th and 12th grade. These students were subsequently more likely to be held back a grade level or to develop criminal records. However,
You Know You Stink at Digital Journalism When…: Part 2!
Late last month, I premiered “You know you stink at digital journalism when…” Its a fun feature that is nothing more than a list of completions to the sentence in the headline of this post. Idealistically, I saw it as a possible starting point for a future class session. But mostly, I just wanted to see what I could conjure up. Back by
ED Opens Military Child Art Exhibit
“Through art, military-connected children open a little window to tell us how they feel and offer us a glimpse into their world,” said Patricia Shinseki at last week’s opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Military Child Education Coalition’s (MCEC) Student Art Exhibit at ED headquarters. Shinseki, an MCEC board member, gave the keynote address at the opening, which included the Presentation of the Colors by the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard, a musical performance by Nate Hutchings and a poetry reading by Jaron McKinnon, students from the teen center in Ft. Meade, Md.
MCEC is an international organization that identifies, brings awareness to and implements solutions to meet the challenges the highly mobile military child faces. ED’s newest exhibit includes artwork and writing from K–12 students living on military bases around the world, featuring a range of themes, such as globalization, familial love, loneliness, fear and patriotism. Military ch
Michigan Daily Arts Editor Proma Kholsa Says Goodbye to ‘Harry Potter Childhood’
At page 699, Proma Kholsa almost threw up. While reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the University of Michigan student and HP superfan simply could not stomach the drama playing out on the pages before her.
As she recalled in a recent Michigan Daily column, “My face was already soaked with tears, my body convulsing with hysterical sobs, but on page 699, I had to drop everything and run to the bathroom because I was sure I was going to be sick.”
Fortunately, the feeling passed, and she was able to complete the book. Kholsa, the student newspaper’s senior arts editor, has long felt a strong connection to Harry and company. She is part of what her fellow staffer Ankur Sohoni previously dubbed the “Harry Potter generation.”
“I’ve been with Harry since I was eight years old,” she confirms. “That’s well over half my life, and for all that time, there has always been something to look forward to in the world of Potter. Even since the last book an