January 2012

The OTL Campaign's official blog
Tuesday January 31st, 2012

In the 2009-2010 school year, more than 190,000 school days were lost to out-of-school suspensions and expulsions in Massachusetts, according to an analysis of the effects of 'zero-tolerance' discipline policies from The New England Center for Investigative Journalism. And like national statistics, harsh discipline measures in MA are disproportionately meted out to minority students.

Thursday January 26th, 2012

During Tuesday night's State of the Union Address, President Obama touched on education issues at several points in his speech. The Schott Foundation for Public Education today released its response to the President's education message.

Thursday January 26th, 2012

 Harrowing statistics out of Buffalo, NY, where the school district suspended 18,000 students last year. 

Thursday January 26th, 2012

Sam Chaltain breaks down why our public school financing system is unconstitutional, namely because funding is tied to property taxes, which necessarily means that wealthier districts contribute more to their schools than lower income districts.

Tuesday January 24th, 2012

Education Law Center has issued a sharp letter to the NJ Department of Education asking why hundreds of emergency projects submitted in June 2011 from districts across the state have languished unapproved by the School Development Authority.