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In NYC, hundreds of students transferred out of schools for safety reasons. They had produce a POLICE REPORT showing they were the victim of a CRIME in order to do so: ny1.com/nyc/all-boroug…
Not only did de Blasio's discipline reform make schools less safe according to students, it also made it HARDER for violent incidents to rise to the level where a report could occur. nypost.com/2017/08/01/her…
Some folks seemed eager to dismiss student-reported fights, disrespect, and drugs. One professor actually suggested that my findings might be a GOOD thing (because maybe kids just said that b/c restorative justice was raising consciousness). npr.org/sections/ed/20…
Well, my analysis of the 16-17 data suggested that Urban Assembly Wildlife was literally the most dangerous school in NYC according to students. This year a student there killed a classmate: nydailynews.com/opinion/studen…
Cross reference the schools listed in the NY1 report of kids who transferred for safety reasons with the safety data available on this map. It all overlaps. The kids are telling us the truth. the74million.org/article/exclus…
Yet, the de Blasio administration changed the question answers this year, making school climate surveys worthless for year-to-year comparison: nypost.com/2017/03/22/mak…
This should be rather universally troubling. But many seem not only nonplussed by it all, but suspicious and angry at those who'd point it out. A very bad state of affairs. Fin & belated CC to @lindseymburke @MichaelPetrilli @NYDNBenChapman @jasonrileywsj
