::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

buzzz worthy. . . Discipline Without Protection: Black Children and the Failure of School Anti-Bullying Policies Learning in Fear: How Race Shapes Bullying and Accountability in My Child's Schools By the end of the first Friday of the school year, my fourth-grade daughter came home in tears. “Stand up for yourself,” I told her. “Use your words, and Mommy will handle the rest.” Looking helpless, she replied, “But Mom, you don’t understand. I’ll get in trouble.” For weeks, my child feared going to school—afraid not only of being bullied, but of defending herself.  I had taught her to use her words and tell an adult if someone was taunting her. She believed she would be blamed if she spoke up. She had been instructed to only to physically fight ion self-defense as a last resort. Prince William County Public Schools, that fear is not unfounded. Under district policy, victims of physical altercations can be penalized and disciplined in the same manner as their aggressors. That realit...