Schools should be held to higher standards than students. If schools irresponsibly impose discipline practices, then those rules (or leaders) should be expelled. However, when it comes to discipline, we give students the cane and schools a slap on the wrist.
King and Obama administration must properly* account for the deep belief society has in kicking students – particularly black students – out of school when it set out to increase graduation rates and reduce crime as part of the president's My Brother's Keeper initiative. Mirroring the criminal justice system, black youth are targets for punishment in school. Practices of expulsion and suspension are tightly stitched to zero-tolerance policing and to parents' faith in corporal punishment. All are outmoded cultural practices that don't work.
Our deep belief in punishing black students is the reason King must do more than make friendly suggestions to the charter sector and the rest of the nation's public schools.
Blacks are more likely to be suspended for nebulous, nonviolent offenses like dress code violations and tardiness. When students are punished for more objective, violent offenses, schools suspend black students 88 percent of the time compared to 72 percent of white students, according to a 2009 study conducted in Missouri.
If we are to properly educate black students and end the pipeline to prison particularly for black boys, out of school discipline has to stop.
Even black toddlers aren't safe. According to U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) black children represent 18 percent of preschool enrollment in 2014, but 48 percent of preschoolers receiving more than one out-of-school suspension. As students move from elementary to middle schools, risk of suspension for blacks increase by 18 points compared to about 5 points for whites, according to a report by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA.
When the Obama administration issued guidance in 2012** to states and districts to improve school climates, the USDOE and Department of Justice (DOJ) took aim at misuses of suspension and expulsion. "Positive discipline policies can help create safer learning environments without relying heavily on suspensions and expulsions," said then Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
"A routine school disciplinary infraction should land a student in the principal's office, not in a police precinct," Holder wrote.
Suspension and expulsion are patently bad for the individual as well as the community he or she is thrown out to. Out of school discipline takes away precious learning time, which reduces students' chances of graduation. Expelling kids just moves a student's unresolved problems to another school (if they don't end up dropping out).
In some cases, schools target students consciously: using out of school discipline as a nefarious means to filter students who need more academic, social and emotional supports, including children with special needs or those in foster care.
The argument that we need to kick out "bad" kids to protect the "well-behaved" is obviously still common.
But the negative consequences aren't restricted to the kids removed from school. Research has shown that overwrought zero-tolerance policies also hurt academic achievement among students who aren't suspended. Researchers theorize harsh disciplinary practices disrupt the positive environments that are conducive for learning. In other words, you can't scare and punish students toward achievement.
Isn't discipline supposed to change behaviors to improve outcomes? Getting an education should be a right. Being black shouldn't remove that right.
The bottom line is that schools must teach behavior with the same patience, discipline and creativity educators employ in academic subjects. We don't kick kids out for math mistakes. Effective teachers give struggling students additional lessons, homework and mentoring to improve competency. Removing students from the environment in which they're expected to perform reduces the number of "at bats" to correct behaviors.
As a former charter school executive, I experienced how parents and principals alike cut off real solutions at the pass. "Students need to learn consequences," parents and teachers would say. Actually, students need to learn proper behavior.
There are alternatives to suspension and expulsion. Restorative justice approaches "are processes and strategies to help people to cooperate, to take personal responsibility for their actions, and to resolve conflict." Restorative practices have students repair the harm caused and build or strengthen relationships. Students are taught how to resolve problems so they are less likely to repeat them. Restorative practices are new, but research suggests the approach could reverse the ineffectiveness, bias and harm of harsh disciplinary systems.
Districts and states must give schools additional human power and training to educate students with behavior problems. Fighting, drug use, sexually inappropriate behaviors and back-talk can certainly overwhelm teachers who are underprepared or ill equipped. Expelling students doesn't solve these capacity issues – it worsens them in the long run.
*This commentary has been changed to note additional efforts by the Obama administration to reduce suspensions and expulsions, and to clarify the original arguments.
**Correction: This commentary has been updated with the correct year for the Obama administration's guidance.
When kindergartens expel black kids, what do they learn next?


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Mystery Jets - Radlands Album Review
By Joe Wilde on 04 May 2012
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Review of Radlands Album by Mystery Jets
One look at the front cover of South London's Mystery Jets leaves you thinking "oh God, they've made a country album!" Alas, it's not all Billy Ray Cyrus, so it should hopefully not be leaving a legion of confused and angry fans of the shiny indie-pop stylings of Twenty One and Serotonin-era Jets in its wake.
The Texas picture at the front does not merely mark a change in musical direction, after all this is the first album recorded by the band outside of the UK. On their fourth outing as a recording band they upped sticks to Texas, teaming up with fellow Londoner Dan Carey for production duties. Carey has a real knack for giving bands that finishing touch to an album and really helps them no their way to achieving the sound they're after, look no further than this years Something by Chairlift. He comes up trumps again here as the country-cum-indie sound is pulled off commendably, 'You Had Me At Hello' really demonstrates what I like to think the band were trying to achieve here. From the opening bass-line through to the anthemic chorus and well-implemented harmonies mid-song, this is a real demonstration of what mass-appeal Americana can sound like when done well.
'The Ballad Of Emerson Lonestar' hardly leaves the group's London-ties behind it, but rather than going along with the numerous alt-rock contemporaries it picks up where fellow London-dwellers Laura Marling and Mumford and Sons left off. On 'Luminescence' too, you get this same feeling of 'you can take the boys out of London but you can't take the London out of the boys.' While the songs are impressive, they hardly capture the authentic country sound Texas has offered for so long and as such they hardly leave a lasting impression.
From the almost-'Reckoner'-sounding guitar ditty that opens the titular opening track, the sense of maturity is immediate and not the only time you could question the band for some kind of plagiarism (see 'Young Love' and 'Way Back Into Love' comparisons). Whilst the band are leaning in a mid-South American direction now, rather than the hook-focused poppy indie they first achieved fame with, this is by no means another case of Elvis Costello's Almost Blue. The indie elements are still there ('Someone Purer' and 'You Had Me At Hello' in particular). Then again this is what made the Mystery Jets in the first place and despite the obvious desire for a major rework, they have only scratched the surface on what could be a complete reinvention of their sound. Whether this progression is for the better or the worse will be left up to the fans and buyers to decide.
Joe Wilde
Official Site - http://mysteryjets.com
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R&CA awarded Association of the Year
Restaurant & Catering Australia (R&CA) was proud to announce that it has been awarded the Association of the Year Award in 2020 from the Associations Forum, the leading organisation assisting associations and charities, with more than 500 associations, charities, clubs, societies, and other not-for-profit organisations counted as members.
R&CA CEO Wes Lambert said that winning the prestigious award was a highlight in what has been an extraordinarily challenging year for R&CA, our members, and the wider industry.
"While it has been a difficult year, we built on R&CA's strengths and mission by becoming the single source of truth for the industry, by becoming a formidable champion advocating for the industry, and by continuing a culture of wellness in our own organisation", Mr Lambert said.
Some of our major achievements include:
Writing a National Restaurant Industry COVIDSafe Plan the COVIDSafe Industry Plans in Queensland.
Launched a Coronavirus Hub on our website, which has had tens of thousands of visitors since its launch in April.
Launched the first COVIDSafe Micro Credentials, heavily utilised by both the Queensland and Victorian Governments.
Successfully advocated for takeaway and delivery in all restaurant and café businesses through lockdowns as well as reductions in commissions and increased flexibility on third party delivery platforms.
Developed and launched the EatAloneTogether Campaign, which later became the Takeaway Tuesday campaign, resulting in restaurants across Australia recording a 25% revenue increase on Tuesdays.
Worked collaboratively with the union movement to amend the Restaurant Industry Award at the Fair Work Commission to include temporary variations to allow greater flexibility for employers and employees.
Worked directly with the Federal Government on JobKeeper, the Landlord Code of Practice and JobMaker as well as with the New South Wales Government on the "Dine & Discover" Dining Vouchers.
Advocated to State and Territory Governments across Australia to accelerate the re-opening of the hospitality sector and on the relaxation of COVID-19 restrictions.
Executed the 2020 Awards for Excellence, celebrating the industry during these tough times.
R&CA National President Con Castrisos OAM said "We are so proud to be named 2020 Association of the Year and as for the future, R&CA is well positioned to continue the work we have started and execute our Brand. Engage. Grow Strategy for 2021 as the peak industry body for hospitality in Australia, ensuring that the industry not only survives, but thrives in 2021 and beyond".
R&CA CEO Wes Lambert said, "We would like to congratulate the other finalists and the Associations Forum for recognising the work of R&CA. But most importantly I would like to thank the R&CA Team, Board and Members for the role they played in making this award a reality".
Taken from Restaurant & Catering Australia media release December 2020.


The Division of Neurology at the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa is recruiting an academic interventional neurologist with strong research potential to join the interventional neuroradiology group (INR). The INR group is responsible for managing and treating patients with brain aneurysms, neurovascular disease, stroke and complex vascular malformations. Out-patient care will be based at the Civic Campus of The Ottawa Hospital. The position is supported by a comprehensive compensation package. Income is derived from a variety of sources including but not limited to clinical billings (fee-for-service), salary support (AFP/APP) as well as honorariums/stipends. Health and welfare benefits including extended health, dental and disability insurance as well as life insurance are offered to full-time physicians.
The Division of Neurology has 34 part time and full time members with a focus in neuromuscular, MS, neuro ophthalmology, movement disorders, epilepsy and stroke. Members of the Division have a wide range of basic and clinical research skills including in epidemiology, ethics and trial design.
The Ottawa Hospital is a 1150 bed tertiary-care hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec at four inpatient sites (Civic, General, Heart Institute, and the Rehabilitation Centre) and one ambulatory centre (Riverside). There are approximately 50,000 inpatient admissions, 160,000 emergency visits and over one million outpatient visits annually.
The City of Ottawa provides a thriving multicultural and bilingual environment. Ottawa boasts numerous cultural activities as well as readily accessible sporting and natural resources, making it an ideal family and healthy living environment.
Successful candidates will be expected to participate in a variety of clinical duties as well as education and academic opportunities and initiatives at the University of Ottawa. This position works under the general direction of the Head of the Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa.
The ideal candidate will be a neurologist with fellowship training in interventional neuroradiology. Candidates interested in exploring this opportunity should have the potential to become an independent researcher. The successful candidate will be eligible to hold an academic appointment at the rank of an Assistant Professor or higher at the University of Ottawa within the Department of Medicine where clinician teachers are valued and recognized for excellence and scholarly contributions in medical education and clinical care.
In addition, the successful applicant must be licensed to practice medicine in Ontario; have, or be eligible for, certification in Neurology by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; and be a member of or be eligible for membership with the Canadian Medical Protective Association. Past experience teaching medical students and residents is required. A Masters and bilingualism (French and English) are considered assets.
Please forward a letter outlining your interest, 3 references and a CV to Dr. David Grimes, Head, Division of Neurology, TOH and University of Ottawa at dagrimes@toh.ca.


7:20 a.m. Stocks aren't doing much Friday morning following Thursday's slide, as investors wait for September's payrolls data, which will be released at 8:30 a.m. S&P 500 futures have ticked up 0.1%, while Dow Jones Industrial Average futures have advanced 22 points, or 0.1%. Nasdaq Composite futures are little changed.
"Investors will be looking towards the Non-Farm Payrolls data for evidence that the U.S. labor market remains on a positive trajectory and should this be the case, then stocks will look to pick up the pace again," writes Konstantinos Anthis, head of research at ADSS.
The U.S. is expected to have added 185,000 jobs in September, while the unemployment rate is predicted to tick down to 3.8%, from 3.9%. Average hourly earnings are expected to grow at a 2.8% clip.


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Q: fexecve not functioning as expected so as I understand fexecve is like execve except that it takes a file descriptor instead of a path.
So here's my code that isn't working :/
#define _DEFAULT_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

int main() {
    int fd = open("test", O_RDONLY);
    printf("File : %d\n", fd)
    fexecve(fd, NULL, NULL);
}

and here's test:
#include <stdlib.h>

int main() {
    system("mkdir pls");
}

any idea?

A: As stated in the documentation:
  Errors are as for execve(2), with the following additions:

  EINVAL fd is not a valid file descriptor, or argv is NULL, or envp is NULL.

You can't pass NULL for the parameters.  Instead, try something like:
int
main(void)
{
    int fd = open("test", O_RDONLY);
    char *env[] = { NULL };
    char *argv[] = { "test", NULL };
    fexecve(fd, argv, env);
    perror("fexecve");
    return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

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