Posted on 05/17/2015 2:40:14 AM PDT by dennisw
Board members of California's Oakland Unified School District unanimously voted on Wednesday to cease suspending students for what they call "willful defiance." Those behaviors can include swearing/yelling at teachers, refusing direct orders, texting, and storming out of class, to name a few.
The reason? Concern that too many black students are being suspended for willful defiance.
One sophomore student, Dan'enicole Williams, told the San Francisco Gate, "They never take time out, if someone is sleeping in class, to ask what’s wrong. They may be acting that way because they didn’t eat the night before.”
"We’re getting pushed out of schools,” she added. “They don’t care about us.”
Along with suspensions, the new policy will also include bans on expulsions and transfers of students to other schools for multiple infractions.
According to the SFGate, the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has been investigating Oakland schools' "disproportionate suspensions" for several years. The district signed a voluntary agreement in 2012 that brought in Manhood Development classes for black males to address behavior issues and to begin discussions on "restorative justice." These programs, dubbed "alternative discipline," can cost districts upwards of $2.3 million dollars per school year.
Vowing to cover those costs in his 2015-2016 budget, Superintendent Antwan Wilson said, “This is about reintegrating students into the classroom rather than excluding them from learning."
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Another Reason to Homeschool.
Exactly....people are trying to CIVILIZE them...unfortunately their parents won’t. Without civilizing they will fail forever
Pain punishment only works if delivered immediately after the transgression, else the animal brain doesn't make the connection. The neocortex human brain that sits atop the animal brain can associate events separated over time but has no pain receptors.
Manhood Development Classes for Blacks? I think they need ‘How to speak Proper English’ class. I think black females need a ‘American Baby Names to help your kids Succeed ‘ class.
A complete absence of behavioral standards or consequences in the classroom is a lesson that will translate into the same thing when these kids enter society. No self control or discipline is a recipe for failure.
My only contribution to your comment would be changing it to [another] generation and, well...frankly...
...not ‘failure’ but “success”. Their plan, that is.
Unique...but it won't help getting a job.
Sad,,,but true...
No mention of the free SNAP card being used to starve them to death either..../s
And why do you think the idea went nowhere?
This is the part that gets me. There are lots of minority students who want to learn, to achieve, to get the heck out of there. But the troublesome kids are going nowhere, and they don't intend to go down alone.
If too many people rob banks, make bank robbery legal.
Problem solved.
This thread appears to be full of microaggressions towards our black brothers and sisters.
I knew a woman who was given one of those names. She chose to use the name Tonya, and was actually a successful PhD educated medical researcher. People who want to be successful can choose to use respectable names.
Any child given one of those screwy names should change even if you do it during or after college. Shaniqua can easily be changed to Susan or Susanna Or use your middle name if it normal
Let me tell you.
I work in a hospital in Oakland and the majority of the parents don’t discipline their kids.
The ED is usually trashed,the pt rooms are trashed,the equipment is missing from rooms,linens,wheel chairs and even a blood pressure stand on wheels was attempted to be stolen from a patient care area.
As one child said to a nurse:”My dad says you have to do whatever I say and if I pee o this floor ,you have to clean it up.”
The best name that I’ve seen was a woman on Maury or Bill Cunningham’s show whose name was VaJohna. How could anyone name their daughter that?
“I think its a case of some teachers picking the easy route, removing problem students instead of trying to educate the students. If they’re still coming to class then we should encourage them, not kick them out simply because they yelled at the teacher.”
What color is the sky on the planet where you live?
How do you teach the other students if they all know they can, at any time, cuss at the teacher, text ad infinitum, etc? The best thing we could do is throw out those who don’t want to learn - and teach the rest.
good way of putting it!
A protected class of citizens demands yet more protections. Why not just give them free rein? Riot on!
Boy, I really feel bad I don’t have an opportunity to move to Oakland and get my kid enrolled in one of these schools. Think of the diversity training he’s missing out on.
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