No to "Hands Up Discipline" in Schools

It's not okay! None of it is okay!

As we return to classrooms this week, I ask all teachers and administrators to avoid a practice that I have noted in far too many classrooms. When we want our students' attention, I have seen teachers ask students to freeze and to put their hands above their heads.

"Prison-like behavior" is too often reflected in educational practice. It is entirely possible to get our students' attention without requiring them to assume this posture. It's a small thing but in my view it is a simple thing that can make our classrooms less like prisons. This video shows that the war on Black people is in full swing: women and men, young and old alike!" We who believe in freedom, cannot rest..." and will not rest!