This year, Denver Public Schools, the largest school district in the metro area, unveiled a revised disciplinary matrix that provides schools with updated guidelines about when exclusionary disciplinary tactics like expulsion and suspension are appropriate. Providing clearer guidance on when these types of disciplinary tactics are appropriate has been a Read more…
“A lot of them internalize a lot of the stigma that comes with that, I don’t want to say title, because that’s not who they are, that’s just something that’s placed on them but…If a school could see them as an individual instead of just a justice engaged student, I Read more…
“Muchos de ellos internalizan gran parte del estigma que viene con eso, no quiero decir etiqueta, porque eso no es quienes son, eso es simplemente algo que se les impone, pero… Si una escuela pudiera verlos como individuos en lugar de simplemente estudiantes involucrados con la justicia, siento que esa Read more…
Hay algo especialmente que asusta en estar excluido, estar solo, que te pidan que te vayas. Para muchos estudiantes, ser expulsado de una escuela es una experiencia de ser juzgado, rechazado y aislado socialmente. Que le pidan que abandone la escuela no parece ocurrir en un instante, sino después de Read more…
Suspensions and Expulsions: The Push and Pull of School Discipline There’s something particularly scary about being excluded, being alone, being asked to leave. Being pushed out of a school, for many students, is an experience of being judged, rejected and socially isolated. Being asked to leave school seems to not Read more…
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