February 12, 2019

Acclaimed restorative justice program on the chopping block in Oakland Unified

Students and advocates are loudly protesting a plan to significantly cut staff from the popular initiative, which emphasizes alternatives to punitive discipline approaches like suspension and expulsion.

David Washburn

November 1, 2017

Suspension, expulsion rates fall sharply in California, but racial and ethnic disparities remain

New state data shows 46 percent drop in school suspensions over the last five years. The suspension rate for African American students in 2016-17 was 9.8 percent, for Latino students 3.7 percent, for white students 3.2 percent, and for Asian students 1.1 percent.

Carolyn Jones

April 18, 2016

Report: State not tracking mental health services for special ed students

School districts are supposed to spend $400 million a year on those services.

Jane Meredith Adams

March 17, 2016

Schools commit to reducing suspensions, but parents don't have the details

California funding formula requires districts to include school climate as a priority.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 28, 2015

Taking aim at the 'middle school plunge' with a positive culture

Moving from elementary to middle school causes a substantial drop in test scores.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 29, 2014

Superintendents surveyed about suspensions

Superintendents say teachers are the group most likely to object to policies that would reduce student suspensions, according to a new national survey on school discipline released Monday by AASA, The School Superintendents Association, and the nonprofit advocacy group the Children’s Defense Fund.

Jane Meredith Adams

July 7, 2014

School funding reforms spur decisions at local level

California’s new school funding system is driving districts in diverse regions of the state to shift their resources to achieve one of the key goals laid out in the sweeping financial reform effort – graduating students so they are ready for college or careers.

Karla Scoon Reid

September 27, 2013

Transforming 'problem students': New film touts positive interventions

Jane Meredith Adams

July 1, 2013

Student discipline must move beyond 'willful defiance,' educators say

Jane Meredith Adams