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Schools Won’t Be Safe Until Lawmakers Respect Students

Schools Won’t Be Safe Until Lawmakers Respect Students

| Aug 31, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis fall, students are heading back to school with the memory of the Uvalde, Texas shooting still fresh. Instead of excitement about new backpacks and first-day-of-school outfits, many children and their families are worrying about safety. Unfortunately, while...
This School Year, Let’s Keep Kids in Classrooms

This School Year, Let’s Keep Kids in Classrooms

| Aug 29, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt’s no secret that our country incarcerates people of color at much higher rates than white people. What might be less well known is that this can begin in the classroom. Across the country, schools routinely punish, suspend, and expel students of color at...
Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

Schools Need Resources, Not ‘School Resource Officers’

| Aug 22, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAfter a school year marred by shootings, districts across the country have responded this year with calls for more “school resource officers” in classrooms. As a result, many students are returning to schools that feel more like prisons — and in fact form...

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