"Oakland Unified school board voted unanimously Wednesday night (May 11) to eliminate willful defiance as a reason to suspend any student and to invest at least $2.3 million to expand restorative justice practices in its schools".
Our neighbors to the West have done a powerful thing- ending suspensions for willful defiance, which clearly had become an abused strategy for teachers struggling with classroom management.
Ending willful defiance and replacing it with relationship-building approaches- This is such a great step in the right direction! Hopefully this news will impact our local School Boards as they are currently working on the school year budgets and LCAP plans for the upcoming school year.
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