Using union power to close the school-to-prison pipeline – a tale of two teachers Robin McNair was so critical of her district’s punitive discipline policies and practices—too many boys and girls of color were being pushed out of the system into the school-to-prison pipeline—that her union, the Prince Georges Education Association in Maryland, named her chair of its Discipline Committee. A veteran high school teacher, Robin McNair knew an opportunity when she saw one. Under her leadership and with her union’s support, the district has been persuaded to incorporate restorative practices into its Student Behavior Handbook; and it has collaborated with the union in providing a four-day restorative practices professional development training for educators. ... Continue reading... http://educationvotes.nea.org/2017/...ose-school-prison-pipeline-tale-two-teachers/
