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Kyle Thompson is a normal 14-year-old kid who loves playing football and hanging out with his friends. His coach is his biggest fan. His principal says he’d love to have an entire school filled with students like Kyle.
So why on earth was Kyle led from school in handcuffs, expelled from all state public schools and placed under house ar...See MoreKyle Thompson is a normal 14-year-old kid who loves playing football and hanging out with his friends. His coach is his biggest fan. His principal says he’d love to have an entire school filled with students like Kyle.
So why on earth was Kyle led from school in handcuffs, expelled from all state public schools and placed under house arrest?
Because of Michigan’s so-called ‘zero-tolerance’ policy that criminalizes our kids by turning minor issues into criminal offenses.
Kyle’s teacher wanted to see a note he had written, and when she playfully tried to take it from him, he tried to hold on to it. Even though all the witness statements said that the teacher was joking around and Kyle didn’t act aggressively, the day ended with Kyle under arrest.
Kyle’s story exposes the injustice of Michigan’s ‘zero- tolerance’ policies, and we're going to spark a change with a massive petition to the state legislature.
Will you stand up for Kyle and sign the petition demanding that Michigan reform its failed ‘zero-tolerance’ policies that criminalize students like him for minor infractions?
Sadly, Kyle’s story is not unique. Countless young students across the country are treated the same—and even worse—because of a ‘zero-tolerance’ approach to school discipline that is spreading throughout the U.S.
It takes kids out of the education system and funnels them into the criminal justice system because of a single, small infraction. There, they can look forward to a life of neglect and lost opportunity, as it can be impossible to find new schools or attend college once their records are tainted.
And because of documented bias in the application of justice, these policies often hit students of color the hardest. In Kyle’s case, his school says it was prevented from handling punishment differently, stating: “The issue raised in this petition presents an opportunity for citizens to examine ‘zero tolerance’ laws in Michigan…”
So this doesn’t have to be the end of Kyle’s story, or the stories of thousands of students just like him. With enough public pressure, we can push Michigan to change their ill- conceived ‘zero-tolerance’ law and set an example for states to prioritize educating, not imprisoning, our young students.
Sign the petition now calling on the Michigan Legislature to reform zero-tolerance laws and keep students like Kyle in school and out of jail.
Thank you,
Anthony for the ACLU Action team
by Nicole Correia
Oct 22, 2013
"In high school I was untouchable (and while I realize this sounds highly arrogant, I can assure you I was slapped into reality pretty quickly after my first week of university)."
gazette.teachers.net/gazette/wordpress/nicole-correia/20661/
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A Bronx teacher who criticized her boss got a hard lesson recently when she was thrown in jail.
Lydia Howrilka, 24, of the Academy for Language and Technology HS, was fired last July by Principal Arisleyda Urena, who called her ineffective.
Howrilka sued and filed a complaint alleging Urena improperly...See MoreFrom: [link removed]
A Bronx teacher who criticized her boss got a hard lesson recently when she was thrown in jail.
Lydia Howrilka, 24, of the Academy for Language and Technology HS, was fired last July by Principal Arisleyda Urena, who called her ineffective.
Howrilka sued and filed a complaint alleging Urena improperly raffled off iPads and other costly prizes for kids. The claim prompted a DOE probe.
Howrilka sent an e-mail asking about her treatment to Urena and Chancellor Carmen Fariña — and to some 40 other city and state education officials and city politicians.
She got a call from the NYPD asking her to surrender on Urena’s charge of aggravated harassment.
Howrilka spent seven hours in the 84th Precinct house before being moved to Brooklyn’s Central Booking.
After seven more hours, a court officer said the DA had dismissed the charge.
“I believe it was done to intimidate,” she said. “And I’m concerned it will have a chilling effect on other whistleblowers.”
Urena’s lawyer, Tim Parlatore, said his client called cops “because of repeated, unwanted e-mails and communications.”
Also tossed in the klink was Francesco Portelos, a technology teacher at IS 49 Berta A. Dreyfus on Staten Island, who was yanked from his classroom two years ago, after launching a blog accusing Principal Linda Hall of violating rules. The outcome of his termination hearing on charges of insubordination and other alleged misconduct is pending.
Portelos, 35, who collects a $75,796 salary, wrote a satirical blog post on Feb. 24 saying he had hacked into the DOE’s payroll system with the password “kittensRcute,” and given himself a raise.
“Ridiculous story? Yes it is,” he wrote in the same post, adding “the truth is I can’t hack and never have.”
But the DOE’s chief information security officer, Desmond White, filed a complaint of official misconduct.
The police report asks, “Is Victim fearful of their safety/life?” White apparently answered “YES.”
Portelos spent 33 hours in custody, sleeping on the floor of a crowded cell next to a toilet, he said, before the DA dropped the charge.
The DOE made no apology. “We believe Mr. Portelos acted inappropriately with a post on his blog, and we notified the NYPD out of an abundance of caution,” a spokesman said.
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by sped teacher
Mar 23, 2014
I will be working with the Online/Virtual high school in my district. I have taught special education (and trained general ed teachers) on full inclusion of special education students in mainstream classes. I am not sure of how to provide support to special ed students when they take online courses.
by lesson plans
Mar 25, 2014
I have been hired to teach online starting this autumn. Are there websites with lesson plans for online teaching?
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> What a nutter. My advice would be to make sure that you
> document everything. Get a signed statement from that kid
> that witnessed the insanity, and then document, with date and
> time, the things that are going on.
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