Have You Heard heads to Boston for a look at the controversial trend of kindergarten suspension. We go behind the data to bring you the story of a mother and a five-year-old boy who, in his first four months as a kindergartner, was suspended 16 times. Hard to imagine? His mother thinks so too as she struggles to understand how her bright, creative little boy could end up in so much trouble so quickly.
We really focused on the mother and little boy's story, but there are more damning details that you can call out from your end. Unlocking Potential, which is nonprofit education management org that runs the little boy's school, is a fast growing nonprofit that takes over public schools and imposes a strict no excuses-style culture. They also have a couple of charters, but these days their main focus is on turning around public schools. They just got millions from the federal Department of Education to replicate their best practices...