May 22, 2009 - Hour 2

The Anthony McCarthy Show
Synopsis

The CEO of Baltimore's public schools has announced a new expulsion policy that has many asking what responsibility does the city have to ensure the education of it's most disruptive children?

The city school system plans to cut off home tutoring and alternative education placements for more than 30 students at the end of the current school year. Many parents and child advocates are asking what can be done to save educational opportunities for these, some of the most disruptive and violent students in the city schools. Anthony will be joined by several advocates for children and education activists to discuss the CEO's decision, what can be done to help these and other troubled children and where do families turn when the school system will no longer educate their child.