Take Action to Stop School-to-Prison Pipeline
For the past two years, Virginia Organizing Chapters from Fredericksburg to Lynchburg and Christiansburg to Portsmouth have been working locally to stop the school-to-prison pipel ...
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Parents, Educators Fight Back Against Rising Suspension Numbers
To watch the original video, visit WAVY. HAMPTON ROADS, Va. (WAVY) — More than 20,000 students across Hampton Roads received suspensions last school year, according to data obtain ...
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Editorial: A Better Choice for Student Discipline
Published in the Free Lance-Star THE REPORT presented a disconcerting situation. Virginia, more than any other state, turns students with disciplinary issues in school over to pol ...
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Grassroots Group and Spotsylvania Schools Make Progress on Discipline
About a year ago, Spotsylvania County resident Bryn Pavek saw a startling headline. Virginia, she found, led the nation with the highest number of student referrals to police. A r ...
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Letter: Spotsylvania Schools Take an Important Step
Published in the Free Lance-Star I would like to thank School Superintendent Scott Baker and Sheriff Roger Harris for their diligence and responsiveness in making progress on redu ...
Read More »Virginia Organizing continues conversation with Danville police for ‘more accountability’
Standing on the steps of City Hall, members of Virginia Organizing announced the progress they are making in an ongoing conversation with Danville police on accountability and tra ...
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Police Referrals, Out-of-School Suspensions Decline in Roanoke Schools
Published by The Roanoke Times Roanoke nearly cut in half the number of black students who were referred to police last year because of a disciplinary incident, proud administrato ...
Read More »Report Calls For Ending Youth Prisons
RICHMOND, Va. -- As Virginia considers how to reform juvenile justice, a new national report calls for taking all young offenders out of prisons. "The Future of Youth Justice: A C ...
Read More »Why the Police Chief’s Apology Doesn’t Cut It (And What Will)
Published at OurFuture.org. This week, Terrence M. Cunningham, the president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, spoke out about the need to build relationships ...
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Virginia Organizing to Hold Media Conference to Call on Portsmouth School Board to Reduce Suspensions
What: Media conference with Portsmouth parents and community leaders to call on the Portsmouth School Board to take action to reduce suspensions When: Thursday, October 20 at 6 p. ...
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