Journalist – Historian – Speaker
Florida school officials keep arresting disabled kids for non-compliance, especially those of color. Now they’re adding guns and promoting mental health stigma. #CultOfCompliancehttps://t.co/zkaX4TRueq — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) March 6, 2018 Yesterday, I wrote about a series of incidents in which disabled children, mostly non-white, whose stories of arrest and abuse in Florida schools have …
I used an extended airline metaphor to talk about limitations of “choice” in today’s piece at Pacific Standard, then tweeted with an @Delta in the promo tweet. Oops. @Lollardfish David, apologies for any disappointment with your seating. Have you boarded the flt yet? *HKM — Delta (@Delta) May 30, 2017 See, I used my experience with …
NEW at Pacific Standard. Please click over and share! Betsy DeVos and the GOP more generally say that we need to treat students like customers. Three responses. 1) What’s so great about being a customer if you’re not a billionaire? 2) The student’s relationship to their educational institutions and the people who work there cannot …
PLEASE RT: Go to @RegulationsGov to tell @usedgov & @BetsyDeVosED to keep collecting CIVIL RIGHTS DATA. By 2/28.https://t.co/gyjqdUIkMp pic.twitter.com/QQ3aezkbt7 — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 26, 2017 The U.S. Department of Education collects and publicizes vitally important data on civil rights in U.S. Schools. It fuels both policy and journalism. Without good data, we can’t …
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Department of Education sent me this (I updated the title as well) We were made aware of the problem with the site early this morning and we are actively working to resolve. There have been server issues relating to this site going back to at least Jan. 27. We’re actively …
What is the NDSS position on using vouchers to privatize special education. Has NDSS taken money from Devos or anyone connected to DeVos? NDSS has a new emphasis on human rights, but every employee on your website presents as white. What is your diversity plan? What is the NDSS position on the Affordable Care Act …
When someone says they will be “sensitive” to the needs of people with disabilities, I get nervous. Being sensitive is like “awareness” campaigns. It doesn’t do anything. One: Hassan and DeVos on vouchers and special ed. Hassan – It’s not just ideas, but how they work in practice. Two: Kaine and DeVos (DeVos – Leave …