NEPC Conference - Jonathan Brice
Channel: DignityInSchools Campaign
Date: 2011-10-18

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.

Jonathan Brice, Executive Director of Student Support Services at Baltimore City Public Schools, speaks about introducing a new student code of conduct to reduce suspensions and reform school discipline in Baltimore public schools.