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Lessons from South Carolina

December 4, 2017February 7, 2019

Finn Gardiner writes that “zero tolerance” policies disproportionately affect students of color, disabled students, and especially disabled students of color. Spurred by a violent altercation between a school resource officer and a Black student in 2015, South Carolina’s Department of Education introduced guidelines in the Safe Schools Taskforce Report in 2016 to reduce the likelihood … Continue ReadingLessons from South Carolina

Disability, Trauma, and the Assault at Spring Valley High

October 30, 2015February 7, 2019

Ever since watching the terrible video of a student being pulled from her desk and thrown to the ground, I’ve been waiting to learn how disability intersected with this case. I assumed it would, because the data shows that the two groups most vulnerable to violence at the hands of school authorities are people of … Continue ReadingDisability, Trauma, and the Assault at Spring Valley High