Laura Faer

May 19, 2015

Lawsuit says schools are legally required to address student trauma

The first-of-its-kind lawsuit uses special education laws to demand trauma services.

Jane Meredith Adams

January 8, 2015

Study: Suspensions harm 'well-behaved' kids

It’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale into question.

Jane Meredith Adams

November 30, 2014

Positive discipline gets boost in district plans

With a big push from the state’s new approach to education spending, many California school districts appear to be ramping up investments in positive approaches to discipline.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 22, 2014

Agreement reached on 'willful defiance' bill

Gov. Jerry Brown and advocates for less punitive disciplinary policies have compromised on a bill that would prevent administrators from expelling students for “willful defiance,” according to Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, who is sponsoring the bill. It would also prevent schools from suspending and sending home K-3 students.

Susan Frey