Special Education Discipline
The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights has called into question the use of prone restraint on special education students. This week the office found that Oakland Unified School District student Stuart Candell had been denied an education after being restrained more than 90 times in an 11-month period. The practice involves immobilizing a student face-down - in Candell's case, for an average of 29 minutes each time. Suge Lee, supervising attorney at Disability Rights California, and EdSource reporter Jane Meredith Adams join Thuy Vu.
Tracy Chou Interview
Tracy Chou is widely credited for publishing a 2013 Medium post that helped spur tech companies to release workplace diversity numbers. Numbers released this week show only a slight uptick in employment diversity since then at tech giants like Apple. Thuy Vu talks with Chou about her efforts to track and improve diversity, including her participation in the nonprofit Project Include.
August Bay Area Arts Preview
West Edge Opera is back with three exciting operas - all performed in a previously abandoned Oakland train station. In her 25th season, music director and conductor Marin Alsop prepares to take her final bow at this year's Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music. KQED Senior Arts Editor Chloe Veltman shares these top picks and others as well. More information here: ww2.kqed.org/arts/.
Special Education Discipline, Tracy Chou Interview, August Bay Area Arts Preview
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