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9/4/2014

Focus on the Figures: Suspensions in Large Counties

John Kelly

California’s Department of Education counts suspensions as incidents in which a student is temporarily barred from attending school (which excludes in-school suspensions). In 2013, nearly 330,000 students were suspended (5.1 per every 100 students); another 8,200 students (0.1 percent of all public school students) were expelled in California.

3/25/2014

Suspending Preschoolers?! Disparity Starts Early

Opinion

Guest Writer

by Judy Warner With the pure joy of a child, a friend’s daughter told me recently that she’s learning all about colors at preschool. That same week, when I read the U.S.

6/12/2013

Senate Education Bill Moves to Floor with Juvenile Justice, Child Welfare Provisions

John Kelly

An education bill that moved through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee on party lines today would require school systems to coordinate with child welfare systems and inform area parents about recent school discipline practices.

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