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Education

In a panic, if she floors it, Marilyn Blanco can drive from her job at the Rikers Island jail complex to her son Ian’s school in Harlem in less than 18 minutes.
Nine times since December, Blanco has made the drive because Ian’s school — Success Academy Harlem 2 — called 911 on her 8-year-old.
Ian has been diagnosed with ADHD. When he gets frustrated, he sometimes has explosive tantrums, throwing things, running out of class and hitting and kicking anyone who comes near him

Charter schools have been increasing rapidly in New York, particularly in often under-resourced communities, with the goal of providing “better” alternatives to the public schools in the neighborhood. And, while they are providing another option, they are sometimes an option without accountability, particularly as it relates to the new and necessary changes to discipline and mental health in schools seeking to disrupt the school to prison pipeline. Read more HERE