Crime

A daycare worker was criminally charged for allegedly taping a Black 2-year-old girl's mouth shut during an alleged tantrum in suburban Boston last week.

A State Board of Education executive says prone restraints “could potentially block an airway" for students.

A S.C. school board investigates a teacher accused of throwing a 6-year-old girl's shoes in the trash and making her walk barefoot. The girl's parents want her disciplined.

Nation

There’s no question that winding up in the NFL is a career destination that many young Black men look at as preferable. Football, for so many young brothers, is a culture, not just a sport. You need only visit your local high school on a Friday night through the autumn to peer in to the […]

Republicans and African Americans may not agree on much, but they tend to be on the same page when it comes to spanking, according to a longtime study by the University Of Chicago. RELATED: Reggie Bush Backs Adrian Peterson’s Discipline Methods Black Americans are more likely than any other racial group to spank their children, […]

NewsOne Now

The “NewsOne Now” panel took on school discipline policies that Attorney General Eric Holder says create the “school-to-prison pipeline.” Dr. Steve Perry, who was a part of the panel Wednesday says it’s unsafe to be a black male at any age, especially in our schools, but that some students are just plain disruptive. If you’re a […]

NewsOne Now

It’s no secret that some of the nation’s school can be unsafe, even dangerous. To address that issue – and solve for others – the Department of Education and Justice Department have collaborated for a set of new discipline guidelines to define best practices. Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary for the Civil Rights Office at the Department […]