With the current pervasive use of online media for personal and academic reasons, it's necessary for students to have skills to confidently filter and decipher what they're reading.
Internet
Feb 6, 2019
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When school officials suspend students, the idea is to maintain a safe environment and deter violence and other problematic behavior on the school campus.
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2019
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Suspension is one way schools discipline students, but the high number of and disparities in suspensions in the U.S. has sparked controversy and policy debate.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2019
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A 2012 study by the Everyone Graduates Center at John Hopkins University found that when a high school freshman receives a single suspension, their chances of dropping out of school can increase by a third. Furthermore, only ...
Education
Dec 12, 2018
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Some kindergartners and first-graders suspended from school can find it challenging to reverse the negative trajectory in their academic life, says a University of Michigan researcher.
Education
Sep 13, 2018
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An appellate court on Monday lifted a court-ordered suspension of licenses in Brazil for products containing glyphosate, an industrial weedkiller in common use in Latin America's agricultural powerhouse.
Other
Sep 3, 2018
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A new University of Pittsburgh study of Allegheny County schools shows severe racial disparities in out-of-school suspensions with a rate that is double for African-American students compared to their non-Black classmates.
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2018
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A new study from criminology researchers at Florida State University reveals that a more diverse school board can lead to more equitable school punishment among black, white and Hispanic students.
Social Sciences
Aug 24, 2017
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As a boy in Memphis, Tennessee, Jason Okonofua tagged along behind his two protective older brothers, even when they got into schoolyard brawls. By 10th grade he had attended a half-dozen schools, getting suspended four times ...
Social Sciences
Apr 27, 2017
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In recent years, research has found that black high school students across the country are at least three times more likely to be suspended from school compared to white students. However, social scientists have been unsure ...
Social Sciences
Feb 21, 2017
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