September 2023

Students walk the hallway at Lake View High School in Chicago.Colin Boyle / Block Club Chicago By Becky Vevea, Chalkbeat Chicago, September 28, 2023 Youth organizer Maria Paula Degillo used to protest in downtown Chicago against the high rates of suspensions and expulsions for students of color. Now, she collaborates with Chicago Public Schools to create safe school environments without harsh discipline and over policing. Today, Degillo, with the group Voices of Youth in Chicago Education,...

By Doug Roberts, Ann Levett, and Shanna Downs, Illustration: iStock + E+/Getty Images +Education Week, Education Week, June 1, 2023 When students walk into their classrooms each morning, their parents and educators should feel joy that their children are learning, building new skills, and making friends. Instead, they feel fearful and anxious because of ongoing school violence. To keep everyone safe at school, districts across the country are continually evolving and expanding security...

By Adam Beam, Image: Screenshot from article, Associated Press, September 26, 2023 California will ban people from carrying firearms in most public places while doubling the taxes on guns and ammunition sold in the state under two new laws Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday that will test the limits of the U.S. Supreme Court’s new standard for interpreting the Second Amendment. The federal government already taxes the sale of guns and ammunition at either 10% or 11%, depending on the type of...

From SchoolSafety.gov, Image: SchoolSafety.gov, SchoolSafety.gov, September 29, 2023 While there isn't a universal safety plan, schools can take common actions to address the foundational elements of school safety. SchoolSafety.gov provides a Safety Readiness Tool for you to evaluate how your district or school is addressing these foundational elements. When you are done with the assessment, you will get a personalized action plan that has resources and next steps for each of these areas. [...

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A new analysis shows that California’s schools are twice as likely to suspend students who are homeless — potentially derailing their academic prospects.Elaine Cromie / Chalkbeat By Amy DiPierro, Chalkbeat, September 27, 2023 Federal education law explicitly seeks to help homeless children and youth stay in school, in the hopes academic opportunity will allow them to break the cycle of housing instability. Taking them out of class could worsen their chances of success. But an analysis of...

Environmental activists protest outside City Hall in June. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times file photo) By Brett Chase, Inside Climate News, September 19, 2023 Promising to end the practice of piling on more environmental burdens to the same South and West Side communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson is proposing a series of reforms aimed at changing city practices after federal investigators last year determined Chicago violates the civil rights of its residents by concentrating polluting businesses in...

A ‘fund abortion’ hair clip is put in a person's hair during a Women's March rally on Capitol Hill on 8 October 2022 in Washington. Photograph: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images By Carter Sherman, The Guardian, September 22, 2023 Laurie Bertram Roberts never expected Americans to keep forking over money to pay for other people’s abortions. But the abortion fund director didn’t think it would get this dire. When the US supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year, people donated tens of thousands...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during an interview in Sacramento, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Newsom signed a bill on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, to ban school boards from rejecting textbooks based on their teachings about the contributions of people from different racial backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities, calling the measure "long overdue." Rich Pedroncelli/AP By Jonathan Franklin, National Public Radio (NPR), September 26, 2023 California Gov. Gavin Newsom...

By Andrea Bonior, Photo: OleksandrPidvalnyi/Pixabay, Psychology Today, September 26, 2023 With reports of youth mental health problems on the rise and indications that American schoolchildren are getting less and less unstructured play and physical activity, it's worth examining whether these two issues are feeding into each other. A recent study led by Manuel Hanke and Sebastian Ludyga from the Department of Sport, Exercise, and Health at the University of Basel has attempted to do just...

This article reflects on the use of poetic inquiry to explore one transcript from a study I did in the fall of 2020 of rural high school English teacher experiences during the Coronavirus pandemic. The exercise was done as a part of my graduate coursework alongside a discourse analysis I was working on using the same data; therefore, I chose to conduct the poetic transcription as an opportunity for reflexivity within the context of my study. Rationale I originally chose to interview rural...

By Trisha Pasricha, Photo: Washington Post Illustration/iStock, The Washington Post, September 25, 2023 Q: Doctors don’t seem to take me seriously when I tell them I’m in pain. Why don’t they believe how much I’m suffering? A: Pain is consistently among the most common reasons people go to the emergency room , and at least 1 in 5 Americans experience chronic pain. But it’s possible your doctor’s biases and personal experiences with pain are impacting your care. Many physicians are wary about...