Black & White

The following interview aired Aug. 20, and provides background and context for our series, Black & White.I’m Sean Crawford, I’m the News Director here at…

Jennifer Gill has been superintendent of Springfield School District 186 only since May 2013, but she is already confronting racial issues in the…

In 2007, Springfield middle schools began implementing a new discipline system that allows teachers to send a kid to the corner for infractions as minor…

In May, we reported on the passage of legislation that would limit school suspensions and expulsions, and introduced listeners to some of the young…

If you’ve got a kid in school, chances are you’ve got a handbook with a long list of rules and expectations. But data suggests that, in many schools,…

Paris Taborn chose to leave Springfield High.“I kept getting in trouble at school. So like, I would get sent home, and stuff, every day. I would just come…