Government Watchdog Finds Racial Bias in School Discipline
Policy
Article discussing findings that schools discipline students of different races differently.
NY Times
Article
Chapel Hill-Carrboro schools replacing suspensions with ‘restorative’ conversations
Policy
Article about a school district implementing restorative justice after the approach was successful in one school.
The Herald Sun
Article
Success Academy’s Radical Educational Experiment
Learning theory and practice
Article discussing the contradictions, goals, and outcomes of Success Academy charter schools.
The New Yorker
Article
Is This Working?
Policy
Podcast on school discipline, with a focus on restorative justice approaches.
This American Life
Podcast
A Letter to Teachers on the Use of Stoplights in the Classroom
Learning theory and practice
Article urging teachers to use behavior management/discipline techniques other than the "stoplight," which relies on shaming.
Jen Bradley, Beyond the Stoplight
Article
No Child Left Behind (Poem)
Policy
Poem describing an education system that is working to leave children behind as they and their families fight.
Dominique Christina & Denice Frohman
Video
Simon Says (Poem)
Social reproduction
Poem illustrating the school-to-prison pipeline as a game of "simon says."
Ashley Davis & Oompa
Video