Really stupid things happen in some schools
Lewis DiuguidWho in their right mind would handcuff a kindergarten girl?
The thought sounds unbelievable, yet that is exactly what happened to 6-year-old Salecia Johnson at a Georgia school. The Associated Press reported that Salecia was accused of tearing items off walls and throwing toys and books Friday at Creekside Elementary School in Milledgeville, Ga., which is about 90 miles from Atlanta.
Police said she also threw an item that hit the principal in the leg. School officials called the police. When the officer arrived, the girl resisted so she was handcuffed and put in a patrol car.
The parents and civil rights activists are right to be outraged. What adult can’t handle a 6-year-old without calling the cops? One who shouldn’t be in any classroom or school.
Yet the police are being called far too often in schools nationwide on many simple discipline problems that educators should be able to handle. Zero tolerance policies have gone too far and they disproportionately are used against black and Hispanic children, killing any interest they might have in education.
Kent Mueller
1 year, 2 months agoWhoa, this is a race issue?
Brandon Lewis
1 year, 2 months agoIt is a race issue! Now, did you get an understanding from the article?
Kent Mueller
1 year, 1 month agoBrandon. You believe this is about race? If so, please explain.
Brandon Lewis
1 year, 1 month agoQuickly.
As Mr Diuguid stated in his last paragraph, “Zero tolerance policies have gone too far and they disproportionately are used against Black and Hispanic children” I think we all can agree there, Yes?
Education Secretary Arne Duncan released a report that showed minority students in schools nationwide disproportionately receive harsher discipline than white students. (do a search if necessary) The study’s statistics are based on a national collection of civil rights data from 2009-2010 from more than 72,000 schools that serve 85 percent of the nation.
The report showed that 42 percent of referrals to police and other law enforcement involved black students and 29 percent involved Hispanic students. Thirty-five percent of school-related arrests involved black students and 37 percent involved Hispanic students.
While black students comprised only 18 percent of the sample in the study, they made up 39 percent of the students expelled and 35 percent of the students who were suspended once.
This is what is going on in our schools.
Do you really think that this would have happened to little “Hannah” in Milledgeville, Georgia?
Kent Mueller
1 year, 1 month agoBrandon, first of all, despite how it has been misconstrued, that study described the discrepancy, but did not say that anyone was punished more for the “same” behavior. It would need to be shown that one group is punished more harshly than the others for the same behavior for there to be evidence of racism.
Don’t get me wrong, I know there is racism, and we need to work together to continue to reduce it. I’m sure it cannot ever be eradicated.
I am familiar with the crime statistics for various schools in Kansas City. The differences are stunning. We do have a crime in the schools problem, and it is significant in some schools.
And what are you accusing Hannah of?
Brandon Lewis
1 year, 1 month agoYou’re really reaching now and I’m sorry the report did not break it down where you could understand.
To receive a ‘harsher’ sentence indicates (in compared to) scenarios that were similar.
Hannah did the exact same thing as the above mentioned 6 year old, why wasn’t she arrested? why wasn’t she handcuffed?
But we can move on from here, I’ll see you in another post.