On July 30th at 3:00pm EDT, The Department of Education (ED) will host a google hangout with experts to discuss “The Hidden Cost of Suspension.” We encourage you to join us – on either Google+ or on YouTube – to follow the dialogue with:
- Michael Yudin, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
- Russell Skiba of Indiana University’s Equity Project
- Dr. Ramona Bishop, Superintendent of Vallejo City Unified School District in California
- Marlyn Tillman from Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School to Prison Pipeline (Gwinnett STOPP)
Today’s Google hangout will also mark the release a new set of interactive, zoomable, clickable discipline maps – to be posted to ED’s new www.ed.gov/rethinkdiscipline site — to help educators and communities to better understand the prevalence of out-of-school suspensions in their community.
The google hangout and new maps are part of ED’s new public awareness campaign — #RethinkDiscipline. This campaign is intended to:
- Highlight national data on discipline, particularly suspensions, expulsions, and other practices that remove students from instruction;
- Clarify the impact of suspension on student outcomes and school communities; and
- Share how schools and districts are working to implement effective alternatives to suspension by addressing student social, emotional, and behavioral needs.
Send in your questions! Tune in July 30that 3pm EDT #RethinkDiscipline http://bit.
Talk discipline to #RethinkDiscipline on July 30th.