On Wednesday, July 22, the White House will host Rethink School Discipline, a national convening and conversation on improving school discipline policies and practices. At the meeting, participants will discuss new tools and resources to be released by the Supportive School Discipline Initiative, an interagency initiative launched by the Administration in 2011, along with data and research that underscores the need for further action. School leaders across the country will share best practices used to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline by fostering safe, supportive, and productive learning environments that keep kids in school and out of the juvenile justice system.
In addition to educators, researchers, and non-profit leaders, the program will also feature senior Obama Administration officials, including:
- Secretary Arne Duncan, U.S. Department of Education
- Attorney General Loretta Lynch, U.S. Department of Justice
- Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor
- Broderick Johnson, Cabinet Secretary and Chair of My Brother’s Keeper
- Cecilia MuÑoz, Assistant to the President and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council
- Catherine Lhamon, Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education
- Vanita Gupta, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Justice
- John King, Senior Advisor, U.S. Department of Education
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