Daily Archives: January 8, 2014
Eric Holder, Arne Duncan tell schools to stop pushing students into school-to-prison pipeline
Today, for the first time, the United States Departments of Education and Justice jointly released guidance that outlines civil rights obligations regarding school discipline that schools and districts throughout the country must follow affirming that “racial discrimination in school discipline is a real problem.” The guidance was included in a resource package with guiding principles and a resource guide from the Department of Education.