school discipline

Criminal Justice & Legal System

Democrats call for new suspension, expulsion procedures

Colin Jackson | MPRN

A group of Democratic state lawmakers is proposing changes to the school discipline process.

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Education

Bill would allow some school resource officers to restrain students

Steve Carmody

Michigan lawmakers are closer to exempting police officers from rules governing how unruly students can be handled in school.State law requires public…

Ann Arbor's Skyline High School. Ann Arbor Public Schools has been on the state's "significant disproportionality" list for over-suspending black students for five years, but says it's taken aggressive steps to correct that disparity.

Education

State: 12 Michigan school districts disproportionately suspend students of color

Sarah Cwiek

Twelve Michigan school districts made the state’s 2017 list of schools that disproportionately suspend students of color.The Michigan Department of…

Education

Michigan has one of the harshest school discipline laws in the country, but not for long

Jennifer Guerra

Michigan's zero tolerance policies were part of a 'tough on discipline' trend that was big in the 1990s, but countless studies since then have shown that…

Commentary

Michigan kids deserve better school discipline policies

One of the most frightening, haunting and horrible stories I heard this year had nothing to do with politics. In September, an eight-year-old autistic…