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This American Life: Is this Working?

This week’s This American Life on public radio was right in the COSEBOC wheelhouse, a series of related stories on:

  • behavior management
  • differential suspension rates
  • school-to-prison pipeline

Stories included:

  • differential suspension practices of 3-year olds at a pre-school
  • research on suspension rates in Texas
  • an interview with Dr. Pedro Noguera
  • discipline practices in the early days at Academy of the Pacific Rim in Boston told from the perspective of a graduate who now is a teacher
  • Restorative Justice practices at a school in NYC and what happened when they interfaced with the real world outside the school

Thought-provoking radio journalism that’s now been heard by millions nationwide. You can read a transcript, download or listen to the podcast here: