If Schools Don’t Overhaul Discipline, ‘Teachers Will Still Be Calling The Police On Our Black Students’ As districts across the country cut their school resource officers, advocates warn it won’t be enough to end overly harsh discipline of Black students. Shyra Adams vividly remembers the days after the death of Tony Robinson, an unarmed Black teenager killed in 2015 by police in her hometown of Madison, Wisconsin. Angry and distraught over the injustice, Adams, then a high school sophomore, staged a walkout with hundreds of other students, who filled the state Capitol to protest Robinson’s death. She joined weekly protests and helped organize sit-ins at her school. Then, she cried quietly in class as she watched ... Continue reading... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-school-arrests_n_60145532c5b6bde2f5bf3f24 | Find in Internet Archives | [google]If Schools Don’t Overhaul Discipline, ‘Teachers Will Still Be Calling The Police On Our Black Students’[/google]
