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Too Many Black Students Suspended Leads Oakland Schools to Stop Punishment
truthrevolt ^ | 5.15.2015 | Trey Sanchez 294

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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education
KEYWORDS: 88; arth; blackstudents; california; commoncore; education; hh; ifblack; ifblackgetback; ifwhite; ifwhitealright; lordiftheflies; lordoftheflies; oakland
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To: metmom

Another Reason to Homeschool.


81 posted on 05/17/2015 6:28:13 AM PDT by wintertime (Stop treating government teachers like they are reincarnated Mother Teresas!)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Exactly....people are trying to CIVILIZE them...unfortunately their parents won’t. Without civilizing they will fail forever


82 posted on 05/17/2015 6:29:21 AM PDT by goodnesswins (hey..Wussie Americans....ISIS is coming. Are you ready?)
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To: exDemMom
corporal punishment instead of suspension

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.

83 posted on 05/17/2015 6:31:47 AM PDT by Reeses (A journey of a thousand miles begins with a government pat down.)
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To: dennisw

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.


84 posted on 05/17/2015 6:33:40 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: dennisw

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.


85 posted on 05/17/2015 6:34:06 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: DH

My only contribution to your comment would be changing it to [another] generation and, well...frankly...

...not ‘failure’ but “success”. Their plan, that is.


86 posted on 05/17/2015 6:39:15 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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To: patro
True... When I see a made up name on a resume, I reject it. I wouldn't care if the said person graduated top of the class at MIT, but one time, I got a resume from a made up name and I ask the guy if I could call him Mark, he said, "No, that's not my name. My name is unique."

Unique...but it won't help getting a job.

87 posted on 05/17/2015 6:39:41 AM PDT by ExCTCitizen (I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
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To: patro
those are made up and well thought out African names!...its the most work many of those parents will ever put in on those kids...many times its the last input the baby-daddies have with their kids....

Sad,,,but true...

88 posted on 05/17/2015 7:23:59 AM PDT by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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To: AppyPappy

No mention of the free SNAP card being used to starve them to death either..../s


89 posted on 05/17/2015 7:29:31 AM PDT by M-cubed ( Their hope is to find a way to pick a nominee who, if elected, would actually stay the course the w)
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To: Kenny Bunk

And why do you think the idea went nowhere?


90 posted on 05/17/2015 7:39:42 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: ransacked
And nobody mentions how unfair these students are to the other students who sincerely want to learn. They are ruining their education through their vile and disgusting behavior. The lack of discipline in our society is having catastrophic effects. These students should be separated from the others.

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.

91 posted on 05/17/2015 7:49:21 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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To: dennisw

If too many people rob banks, make bank robbery legal.

Problem solved.


92 posted on 05/17/2015 7:52:30 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Fresh Wind

This thread appears to be full of microaggressions towards our black brothers and sisters.


93 posted on 05/17/2015 7:57:56 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: exDemMom
Antwan? Really? It really doesn’t help when parents give their kids made up names. Shaniqua, Shanaynay, Latrina, Johntavius. If I were these kids I’d act up to, knowing that no matter hard I try, employers won’t take me seriously because my mother didn’t give me a real name. Might as well wear clown get-up 24/7.

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

94 posted on 05/17/2015 8:02:11 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Neoliberalnot

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.”


95 posted on 05/17/2015 8:03:33 AM PDT by peteyd (A dog may bite you in the ass,but it will never stab you in the back.)
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To: patro

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?


96 posted on 05/17/2015 8:04:52 AM PDT by Bluebeard16
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To: 4rcane

“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.


97 posted on 05/17/2015 8:09:10 AM PDT by Mr Rogers (Can you remember what America was like in 2004?)
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To: IMR 4350

good way of putting it!


98 posted on 05/17/2015 8:09:43 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: dennisw

A protected class of citizens demands yet more protections. Why not just give them free rein? Riot on!


99 posted on 05/17/2015 8:15:29 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: dennisw

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.


100 posted on 05/17/2015 8:21:53 AM PDT by samtheman
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