Suspension Crisis in NYC Schools

High suspension rates will continue unless Bloomberg and Walcott require positive alternatives to suspension in all schools

Tafadar Sourov is a senior at Belmont Preparatory High School on the Roosevelt Campus in The Bronx and he writes:

My school administration loves enforcing zero tolerance policies, going after students for wearing hats and not wearing uniforms. They create an atmosphere that anticipates the criminality of the youth, while dehumanizing us

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