One of the Spring Valley High School students arrested last year is raising awareness about girls in the school-to-prison pipeline. Niya Kenny has graduated and now interns for a social justice nonprofit.
There's insufficient evidence to prosecute the White S.C. deputy who dragged a Black female student across the floor. Charges were also dropped against the teen and a witness who recorded the confrontation.
Following the horrific #AssaultAtSpringValley, the (AAPF) gathered a diverse panel of voices including students, educators and scholars to discuss how racial gaps in disciplinary policies foster an ineffective learning environment.
More than 30,000 people have signed their names in hopes that CNN will fire Don Lemon after he has outraged the minority community once again. Last week, the world was appalled after witnessing a violent altercation between South Carolina “resource officer” Ben Fields as he drug a black female student from her desk and tackled […]
Students at Spring Valley High School in Columbia, South Carolina staged a walk-out in support of fired Deputy Ben Fields who assaulted and arrested a…
The students at Spring Valley High School are on the road to getting criminal records in what Rashad Robinson, executive director of online civil rights group ColorOfChange.org, calls the "perfect example of the school-to-prison pipeline."
NewsOne’s Top 5 gives you a quick rundown of the viral stories we’re talking about today. Spring Valley Student Allegedly Hit Ben Fields In Altercation,…
Richland County Senior Deputy Ben Fields has been terminated from his position as a resource officer at Spring Valley High in Columbia, SC after throwing a teenager from her desk for using a cell phone in class.
During the conference, Lott repeatedly failed to answer basic questions specifying what the student had done to warrant being disciplined in the first place.
Based on a viral video of Deputy Officer Ben Fields assaulting a Black female high school student, a local sheriff has requested that the SC FBI and the US Justice department intervene for an independent investigation.
