civil rights http://kalw.org en Today on Your Call: How did 1968 change American history? http://kalw.org/post/today-your-call-how-did-1968-change-american-history <p style="margin: 0px; min-height: 15px; font: 12px Verdana; color: #454545">On today&#39;s Your Call, we&rsquo;ll talk about the year 1968 and why it was such a watershed moment.&nbsp; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4th, 1968.&nbsp;&nbsp;In the same year: The Tet Offensive killed tens of thousands in Vietnam.&nbsp; Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated.&nbsp; Women threw their bras into a public trash can to protest the Miss America Pageant.&nbsp; Apollo 8 orbited the moon.&nbsp;&nbsp;A current exhibit at the Oakland Museum highlights the events of 1968. Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:00:00 +0000 Matt Martin 8581 at http://kalw.org Today on Your Call: How did 1968 change American history? Zero Tolerance Discipline and Civil Rights: Rethinking School Punishment http://kalw.org/post/zero-tolerance-discipline-and-civil-rights-rethinking-school-punishment Alexi Nunn Freeman, a lawyer for the <a href="http://www.advancementproject.org/" target="_blank">Advancement Project</a>, told us a story<em> </em>about <a href="http://www.advancementproject.org/digital-library/publications/test-punish-and-push-out-how-zero-tolerance-and-high-stakes-testing-fu" target="_blank">five year-old Ja’eisha Scott</a> who was arrested by the police in her kindergarten classroom for having a temper tantrum. Thu, 01 Mar 2012 21:58:19 +0000 Robyn Gee 6787 at http://kalw.org