Thursday, June 30, 2016
Brooklyn Community Foundation Mentioned in Atlantic Article On School Discipline Reform
The allegations sound like a parent’s nightmare. Roughly two dozen children at New York City schools were hit, kicked, and bullied by fellow students while administrators stood by, according to a recent class-action lawsuit.
“The data we have seen shows a clear and undeniable escalation of violence in New York City schools,” said Jim Walden, an attorney for the plaintiffs in the suit, which is being backed by the charter-school advocacy group Families for Excellent Schools.
The suit claims that the New York City Education Department isn’t doing enough to stop the violence.
The complaint details a litany of violent behavior...