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Author: Celia Llopis-Jepsen

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Looking For a Way Out Of The SAVE Room

May 10, 2012May 11, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Twelve-year-old Omar White has spent months in a room that schools use for in-school suspensions or for pulling students out of class who disrupt lessons.

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“Suspended!” How New York Deals with the So-Called “Bad” Kids

May 10, 2012May 11, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

New York City’s suspension rates have risen dramatically since Mayor Bloomberg took over the school system. But what exactly happens when a child gets suspended?

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Far from Home, Far from School

May 10, 2012May 10, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

All students in New York City homeless shelters are entitled to a public education. Sometimes it just takes them a little longer to get to school.

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The Dishonor of Violence

May 5, 2012May 11, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Few nonfiction books take the reader on a journey of discovery in which the audience, the author and the subject all seem not to know where it will lead. Fox …

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Passing on a Sense of Mission

May 1, 2012May 10, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Akilah Irvin, 24, now runs the same community organization that she helped found as a teenager.

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Romney says education department would stay

April 18, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

The forerunner for the Republican presidential nomination, Mitt Romney, says he would not eliminate the Department of Education as a cabinet-level department, if elected in November. He might, however, merge …

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Deputy schools chancellor ends long DOE career

April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Laura Rodriguez, the deputy chancellor for students with disabilities and English language learners, has resigned, the New York Times’ Schoolbook reported. Over her 34 years at the Department of Education, Rodriguez …

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Finland 101

April 18, 2012May 6, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

We’ve heard what U.S. education stands to learn from Finland’s consistently well-performing schools, but in the Washington Post this week, Finnish educator Pasi Sahlberg says the U.S. shouldn’t get ahead …

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Chief Judge Wants Teens out of Adult Courts

April 1, 2012May 10, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

New York is one of only two states that treats 16-year-olds as adults in criminal cases, but a proposal to create youth courts could change that.

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New York Rethinks Juvenile Justice

March 12, 2012May 3, 2012 - by Celia Llopis-Jepsen

Under a new proposal, New York City kids who are incarcerated would no longer serve their sentences upstate. The goal is to keep them closer to their families and communities.

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