NEPC Conference - Judge Teske
Channel: DignityInSchools Campaign
Date: 17/10/2011

DSC National Week of Action on School Pushout 

Wednesday, October 5 , 2011 
National Press Club - Washington, D.C.

The Dignity in Schools Campaign, National Education Policy Center, and the Annenberg Institute for School Reform hosted a press briefing for  the release of the report:  "Discipline Policies, Successful Schools and Racial Justice"

The report analyzed data from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights and found that more than 28% of Black middle school boys had been suspended at least once, compared with 10% of white males nationwide.

Judge Steven Teske, a juvenile court judge in Clayton County, GA, speaks about his experience working on a community-driven effort to limit the number of school referrals to juvenile court and reduce the disproportionate contact students of color have with school discipline and the juvenile justice system.