We are at that stage in the cycle where I am looking for
good news again, because it gets depressing always blogging about what is going
wrong. However, the show must go on.
Today’s news:
While we do not know all the
facts yet, this smells a lot like another school behaving badly:
“Terminated for Defending Students?”
“Two former instructors last year
attempted to rally the faculty at Young Harris College to stamp out hazing.
Three weeks after they spoke up, they say, their contracts were terminated”.
More on treating students like criminals:
“Lawmakers
Take on Texas Truancy Laws”
“SAN
ANTONIO — When she can focus on class, Rachel Hebert thrives as a student in
the Northside
Independent School District here. However, Rachel, 17, has
cerebral palsy, and medical complications often keep her from getting to school”.
“In
Texas, a student who misses 10 days of school within six months, or three days
within four weeks, can be charged with failure to attend school, a Class C
misdemeanor under the state’s Education Code, or with a juvenile offense
under the Family Code. Parents can be charged. If
reported by the school district to a municipal or county court, they can face
fines of up to $500 and be arrested if they fail to appear before a judge”.
“These
students “may be left with a criminal conviction that can have lasting
consequences or pose barriers to future educational opportunities, military
service or job prospects,” Deborah Fowler, Texas Appleseed’s deputy director,
wrote in the report. She argued that incremental sanctions — which try to keep
students in school before punishing them — are more effective”.
I am not picking on anyone in particular; I am just looking
at the news and doing my own research. I have concluded we still have a ways to
go in both highered and K-12 and it is up to all of us to keep this
conversation going.
It is about the students.
Dr Flavius A
B Akerele III
The ETeam
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