When Juvenile Crimes Mean Decades of Incarceration Part 3: The Voices of Students Excluded from School

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin   We Listen to These Student Voices to Face What They Experience By writing Prelude to Prison: Student Perspectives on School Suspension, Marsha Weissman gives suspended and expelled students … Read more When Juvenile Crimes Mean Decades of Incarceration Part 3: The Voices of Students Excluded from School

Clothing + Ethnic Identity = Incitement to Riot + Charged for Murder

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   Part 1: Dress Codes Discriminate Against Young People of Color Coming up in the next blog post: Part 2: Innocent Youth Charged with Incitement to Riot and Murder Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford looks at why we wear what we wear, how that has changed over the centuries, … Read more Clothing + Ethnic Identity = Incitement to Riot + Charged for Murder

Addressing Implicit and Explicit Bias in Discipline

by Arik Korman

By Alice Doyel Guest blogger   Below is a magnificent essay on implicit and explicit racial bias that was written for me by Rose Spidell, Senior Education Ombuds, Office of the Education Ombuds (OEO), part of the Washington state Office of the Governor. Mission: OEO works with families, communities, and schools to navigate educational challenges … Read more Addressing Implicit and Explicit Bias in Discipline