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The world's highest fibre wholegrain, developed by CSIRO, has been used in a food product for the first time in the newly launched 'Goodness Superfoods' range of breakfast cereals.
The new grain, called BARLEYmax, features in two initial products – Digestive 1st and Protein 1st. Both breakfast cereals will benefit from the super-wholegrain's double fibre content and superior levels of resistant starch which promotes better bowel and digestive health.
"We are delighted that Goodness Superfoods will be the first to use CSIRO's novel wholegrain. It is very important for people to know BARLEYmax is a 100 per cent naturally produced, non- GMO wholegrain and contains advanced benefits that will promote bowel health and help fight the onset of diseases like bowel cancer and type 2 diabetes while helping lower the risk of heart disease and stroke," says Arnold May, CEO of Popina (Vic) Pty. Ltd, the company that makes Goodness Superfoods breakfast cereals.
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The Public Health Association of Australia has declared our country to be in a 'chronic disease crisis', and simple yet effective dietary change is vital in our fight against chronic disease.
"There are not many breakfast cereals on the market that I recommend, but Digestive 1st and Protein 1st really stand out nutritionally being wholegrain, low GI, high in fibre and resistant starch, low in added sugars and they taste great. Increased wholegrain intake has been shown to reduce the risk of certain cancers, heart disease, diabetes, stroke and even help with weight control. These cereals really do have the potential to help combat many of the chronic diseases affecting Australians,"commented Joanna McMillan, Registered Nutritionist & Accredited Practising Dietitian.
Protein 1st contains super wholegrains for balance, shape and energy release, plus protein to maintain muscle and bone strength. Digestive 1st's super wholegrain assist in promoting bowel and digestive health, while its resistant starch feeds the good bacteria in the bowel to promote the growth of healthy colon cells. Both cereals have a low gylcemic index, making them suitable for consumers who have diabetes or are who are heart and weight conscious.
"BARLEYmax has been in development for almost 12 years and its health benefits have now been substantiated and made available to consumers by CSIRO's Food Futures Flagship," commented Dr David Topping, Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO's National Research Flagship Program.
"This new enhanced wholegrain can improve the positive nutritional attributes of a range of consumer foods and improves texture and enhances flavour with a pleasant 'nutty' taste that sets it apart from other barley grains. We are delighted that BARLEYmax is now available for the first time in a range of wholegrain breakfast cereals and is available to consumers to help them make healthy food choices," Dr Topping said.
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Fiona Fantom says:
Please forward details of where I can purchase Barleymax. Is it available in Woolworths or Coles? Many thanks fiona
Fay says:
Where do I purchase BarleyMAX?
goodnesssf says:
Hi Fiona and Fay,
With regards to your query about where you can purchase BarleyMAX.
Its available at Coles, Woolworths, Selected Franklins and some Independents.
Bon apetite!
Marianne says:
Great product. At last my husband (diabetic) and I (weight controller) can enjoy the same cereal. A little worried about the price. $5.98 at Coles for 500g doesn't go very far.
Kara says:
Its great that you will be able to enjoy the same product. If you use it in the recommended serve size you should be able to get about 5 days each worth of cereal out of the box. You could always cut the portion size down slightly so that you can share the box for a week (thats pretty much 85c per day), and add some frozen or fresh berries to boost the fibre content and give a little more bulk to your serve, or any other fruit sliced up that you enjoy. Does that sound like something you could try?
Marianne says:
Hi Kara
Thanks for taking the time to reply. Fruit with cereal is a must for us being fruit eaters. Did not realise there is such a range of products in the superfoods range. We will surely investigate others.
paul says:
just like to know which one do i choose protein digestive or heart ?
Kara says:
Hi Paul, the products all have the benefits of being low GI, high in fibre and contain resistant starch. It really comes down to a taste preferance! You may want to try out the products and see which ones you enjoy the most! Otherwise my other suggestion would be, if you have high cholesterol the Heart 1st would be the best option to help bring down your levels, hope that helps
anna says:
Hi what is the best way to eat them? With
Hot or cold milk? Thanks….and am loving it!!
Kara says:
Great that you are enjoying! I would suggest eating them however you usually would enjoy your cereal. I eat mine cold, but thats just me! Would be good to hear what others have to say.
antonija grzic says:
Hi, Just wondering if you could clarify something for me. The information on this websit says that Barley Max is the result of years of hard work by CSIRO scientists working with Barley to develop this super Barley. Does this mean that Barley Max is a GM product. If so, how can we be sure about it's longterm safety? Thanks.
Kara says:
Hi, BARLEYmax is not a GM food, it is a natural grain that the CSIRO worked on developing- This is a quote from the CSIRO BARLEYmax report "In the late 1990s, CSIRO researchers developed a collection of new non-GM barley grains and assessed them for their potential to improve health by delivering high levels of resistant starch and other dietary fibre components. From this quest one particular gem emerged – a new type of barley grain that went on to become BARLEYmax"
The link to the report is here, I suggest if you are interested you have a read through http://www.csiro.au/files/files/pl8k.pdf
Elaine says:
At last I have been able to buy Digestive and Quick Barley and Oats, took ages to reach our country destination. I am really impressed with the products and will be buying them all the time now, hopefully they will always be available at our local supermarkets, very limited range at this stage, but we have some and we will be stocking up to try and keep up our supply, no doubt will try others as they become available.
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Hi Elaine! Yes it does appear that in the smaller towns it is slightly harder to find the cereals, I believe this is being worked on! I suggest you do as you said, and stock up so that you definitely have your supplies (It doesnt go off quickly, so you should be fine to stock up on as much as your pantry will hold!)
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Im just wondering whether Barleymax Digestive 1st contains wheat?
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No the cereal does not contain wheat
Ammie Nichols says:
At last a healthy mainstream food! Any plans to add cinnamon and xylitol to the porridge ?
Another query – any plans for a purchase on the web facility?
thanks, Ammie
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Donna says:
I have not been able to find this in Woolworths or Coles for ages. I have now only today been able to find the Barleymax FIBREBOOST SPRINKLES that you add a few teaspoons to your other cereal. I bought this at our local Coles in Brisbane, and they told me this is the only product of Goodness they stock. So I just can't seem to find the cereals at all, but happy I at least found this. It was in the Health section, butthat is where I have been looking all the time. I wish I could find the cereals, but every Woolworth's or Coles I have been to do not have it.
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Hi Donna, I'm sorry to hear that you have trouble finding our products in your local Woolworth and Coles supermarkets. It is up to each individual supermarket whether to stock our products or not but you can always ask the supermarket manager to consider stocking a certain product. We will also be launching an online shop soon and you will be able to buy the cereals directly from our site. I'll keep you posted!
John Roberts says:
Please bring back the original Digestive the new one is too fine, like floor sweepings.
Anna Maria says:
Hi, I tried your products while I was in Australia last year,
and was just wondering if there is any chance of bringing them
into our Canadian Supermarkets.
Thank you.
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Hi Anna Marie,
Thank you for your interest in our products! Unfortunately they are not available in Canadian Retail.
We do not exclude the possibility of exporting the products in the future though.
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Alexandra says:
Have been purchasing Heart1st at COSTCO in 1kg pack for approx same price as 500gm pack at Woolworths. Enjoying!
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From a consumer perspective, it is easy to understand the importance of customer reviews on an e-commerce site. It can be a little more difficult from the owner perspective, when it takes additional time and resources to gather reviews from previous customers in order to feature them. However, as a pretty frequent shopper myself, I consistently choose to shop on sites that have strong reviews over a site selling similar products with weak or no reviews, and I am willing to bet that your prospects are making the same decision.
So, how do you keep from losing these prospects to your competitors? What makes a strong customer review? Melissa Burdon's 7 tips to elicit good reviews from customers features great ways to get your customers to unwittingly answer the kinds of questions that prospective clients typically have about a product. Generally, a prospect's motivations for reading customer reviews is to overcome any product objections and get questions answered before buying, and there is nothing worse than a testimonial that feels contrived. The work we do through our OnTarget subscriptions frequently validates that good reviews can make a substantial difference in your bottom line. Let's take a closer look at some of the features we look for when helping our clients develop credible reviews for their sites. Melissa's post already pointed out the effectiveness of reviews on one of my favorite sites, Backcountry.com, so naturally, it wasn't difficult to find an example of a review with an air of legitimacy there (click image to enlarge). Here are the qualities that make this particular review seem credible:
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4. The review includes an actual location and physical conditions of the area in which the reviewer resides.
5. The review highlights detailed product benefits through the eyes of the reviewer such as the quality performance despite frequent rain; the convenience of slipping the product into a book bag; product sizing by explaining how the product fits in relation to the individual's height, etc.
6. The informal tone and use of slang are the icing on the cake… this review definitely was written by a customer, and not someone from the company.
7. Backcountry.com also features multiple reviews citing similar benefits on their product pages.
Have you been thinking about adding product reviews to your site, but you are not sure where to start? These elements are a good place to begin when thinking of what sort of information to capture from your customers. And you can start small, testing reviews the way we did to see if the effort involved will generate enough ROI before expanding to your entire site.
I had actually thought of starting a website just for reviews but wasn't sure how to do it properly. My reviews were always missing something but thanks to this article I may try it again. Thanks and great article
I got reviews added to my site about a year ago or so. I now email past customers monthly to request them to submit a review if they have not already. I do have the person's name and location but not a date on my reviews.
I wonder what is the best layout for the review itself and how many reviews are good to show on the product page before clicking on a link to see all the rest of the reviews?
Any suggestions?
I strongly agree with #5. Especially, I found sizing information very helpful since sizes differ brand to brand.
I don't trust the extra-positive reviews, because they don't seem genuine. So words like fantastic, great (remind me of Steve Jobs) determine to me stop reading that review.
Fantastic. I would say that reviewing is the most important part of the process fro most business
I noticed a very big cosmetics company that posts fake reviews which they outsourced. It was posted all over the cosmetic forums. I don't recall what it was that caused them to get caught. I think it was the fact that one of their "fake reviewers" had an unusually high number of reviews and the reviews of the real buyers weren't getting posted at all.
On your has a date, I also look that the comment are spread out in time and not all on the same date. If they're all on the same or near, date its kind of suspicious.
@Audio Bible
You've got some great reviews on your site. Well done for asking.
I would be putting these reviews centre stage so people can see beyond the mechanical act of ordering the product and see how they will feel when they get and start to listen to the CDs.
The CDs are the steak and the reviews are the sizzle
While I search for reviews often, when it comes to evaluating services, I also search for the name with the term "scam." Sometimes I get websites designed by the service owner to make them look good, but often I get also get negative feedback that I find useful as well.
As a customer, I actually tend to read the "negative" reviews, and then in my mind think about whether their objection to the product applies to me and what I'm looking for the product to do for me. The date is also important in negative reviews because sometimes an old review (like 3-4 years ago) will no longer be applicable to the product because the manufacturer fixed the problem and released a newer version of the product.
I do agree with this article but i want to comment on number six. It always hard for consumer to tell between a real consumer review and someone the company hire to review it self. Even a real consumer write a too good review can also doubt new customer.
I have started doing reviews on one of my websites. Every review is something personally tested or eaten. I think balanced reviews are better than hyped reviews. My clients all know that they are paying for truth, my integrity is important to me.
I am aware that this differs from the reviews you are talking about, but the same rules apply. People can smell sales copy vs an actual review. If you get your friends to do great reviews it can be an issue.
If you are selling products that your company produces on their own, or are a reseller of only one brand, fake positive reviews tend to be more common and partial.
If you sell a lot of different products, bad reviews may even be good as the single products competes with each other.
Anytime I am looking to buy a Service or Product online I look for Reviews. It's actually pretty easy to spot a Company written Review. I like Audio Bible's idea of emailing past Customers for Reviews. I think I'll give it a try.
Nice article. The customer testimonial page on my site is consistently one of the top 5 pages accessed. With over 400 pages, that tells the importance of positive customer feedback.
Thanks for the article, it was an interesting read. I am a lawyer and often wonder why some client reviews draw in potential clients better than others.
i dont people now actually look at the date of the review or who made it. what they actually care about is about the review itself. this is my personal experience only. there may be people who wont do like that.
The odd negative review isnt necessarily a bad thing either. Not every product will suit every user and this helps to improve credibility for your brand, users are much more likely to believe a mixed selection of reviews rather than 20 5 starts and will notice the level of honesty and regard the good reviews as genuine!
Reviews tent to skew to the negative… tend to agree with above that if they are all positive that "could" be a little fake as well.
Reviews for a consumer are very important! For many it is the final step before purchasing a product. People that write false and misleading reviews are causing these poor consumers to waste their hard earned money for their own personal gain!
I have customer reviews on one of my websites but I've become aware that more and more people do not trust reviews posted on the retailer's website and that a third-party website review system is more trusted. However there are many of these and they do seem to be quite expensive, most of them state that your conversion rate would increase quite considerably by using a third-party review system if this was the case then the additional sales would pay for this service but I'm a little bit sceptical, so I was wondering if anybody else had any experience of these sites and if the increased conversion rates are as good as they say.
Good post and thanks for the tips
I think the biggest reason your 'customer testimonial page is consistently one of the top 5 pages accessed' is because it is the first link on the page in your top navigation, to be honest.
We have not used reviews on our site yet, but are giving it some consideration. You brought up some good points that we need to consider.
Reviews tent to skew to the negative… tend to agree with above that if they are all positive that "could" be a little fake as well.
Is there a good wordpress review plugin available? How would it be best to implement it into a blog bearing in mind visitors also have the option of leaving a comment. would a site visitor be more inclined to leave a review instead of a comment or would both work well together?
@Discount Golf Clubs – you can always test it like this to see if it makes sense for you in terms of potential ROI.
Fantastic. I would say that reviewing is the most important part of the process fro most business
Using informal and slang words would create a credible review, but a grammar mistake is not good at all.
@Espresso coffee
I agree the reviews with grammar mistakes maybe hard to read and look not as professional. BUT…..
Maybe it also offers the reader the understanding the these are real reviews from actual persons. I see many grammar mistakes in the reviews i get from users but i leave them as is and with a lot of mis spelled words in them too.
The wife bought a portable CD player for the kids from an ecommerce site, didn't even look for any reviews. CD player never turned the money and we had to get the fraud dept from the bank to fight to get our money back. I never part with any cash now until have reviewed the site. Our non suppliers had a massive list of dreadful reviews! All ended well though, we got one from one of the major players.
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If by the 2nd person, you mean the person after me… then yes. But she has yet to send it on. Soon!
This will be a long journey, I think, considering each person's got to wait for it to be delivered, take time to decorate, etc. Hopefully it's OK, though!
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The Book has been signed, sealed, and delivered (OK, not delivered but it's been sent!) to the next person on the route! I'm going to post the route in a little bit.
Anyways, this is my "page". Hopefully, after each person signs their page, she will take a picture so we can post it to the blog!
Morgan (the next person on the route) should be receiving the book in a few days and then she'll pass it on. (:
Anonymous said: Phoooo. I just read about this on the boards. :( Well anyway, any Asians for the first book? Just curious. :)
We have some addresses from the Philippines. (: But otherwise, no! We'd love more!
So… we're full. (:
We've got about 43 people on our list and I just don't feel comfortable adding more people. Everyone that has emailed us thus far - and if we've responded saying that Iweve added you to the list- you're in. You're on our route.
Even though we're full for the first book, please feel free to keep sending in your addresses and sharing the word! If we get enough other people (I think at least 20!) we can start a 2nd book. So don't be disscouraged!
OK, that's all! Thanks to everyone who has expressed interest in participating! We really appreciate it and we're SO excited!
The first book should be sent out and start it's journey shortly! Only thing is we've got a LOT of Americans… so I think it's going to be in North America for a while, haha! (:
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Colonial Heights -- The victim of a violent beating earlier this month has died this morning, according to Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Elizabeth Fields. Because the victim, Rusty Mack, has died charges against his attackers will be upgraded to homicide.
Charged in the crime are two adults,Ashley Kate Mack, and Jonathan Brice Guy, both of Colonial Heights, and a 17-year-old girl whose name is being withheld by authorities.
"We're still discussing additional charges," Fields said. She said that doctors had done everything possible to save Mack but in the end he passed away around 10:30 a.m. from injuries sustained in an attack almost two weeks ago.
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I hate the art, but love the way the logo came out. Also, I think that this is actually a funny joke. I was sorta raised on TV so go figure.
I did this one entirely with the brush over the pencils, with a minimal amount of pen. It looks a little uneven but ends up working, I think. Still not perfect though, I need a lot of practice with the brush and, of course, the character design consistency.
Another "full family/cast" strip. If you can't tell, I have a little bit of a problem keeping a consistent design for every character. There are some basic absolutes, but in terms of fine-tuning it all, it's still a little up in the air. I'm hoping to work on that. Other than that, I have to say that this is one of the best strips I've ever drawn so far. The lettering's almost perfect, there's a minimum of tiny mistakes I managed to cover up perfectly with WhiteOut, and the bits I did with a brush are awesome. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
A full "total cast" strip, casting this more as a young family comic instead of just focusing on the kid (Waffles) himself, or the father-son/single dad-son idea I was kicking around at one point. Anyway, yeah…this was just a one-off joke involving Waffles-esque characters in a single panel, and worked itself out waaaaay differently. Decided to do it like this instead.
A family portrait/group character sheet for the comic, from when I decided to expand the cast. I'm not going to lie, me reading a lot more family-oriented strips like BABY BLUES definitely influenced this decision, because I wanted to try and work with that dynamic.
I'm gonna be honest, this is a pretty blatant riff of a "Calvin and Hobbes" joke that focuses on a similar setup between Calvin and his dad over being outdoors. I didn't realize it at first when I wrote this strip, but I was about 2/3 of the way done when I remembered it. Visually a good strip, but not the best-written thing.
A more formalized version of something else. I initially did this joke as a semi-formal "Waffles" sequel that I posted on my blog, something I didn't really intend to be a formal comic. However, I liked it so much then that I thought about bringing "Waffles" back after that, oddly enough, which led me to redo this particular strip and consider bringing the father character into the fold more often.
An attempt to do a horizontal Sunday-style comic. Obviously not in color, but vaguely emulating the more-than-four-panel, straight-across layout that I'd consider "standard" for Sunday comic strips.
This is a redone version of the very first "Waffles" strip I ever did, ever. I mostly just redrew it because I can draw and write better now than when I first started making comics.


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Why Chinese retailers cut iPhone prices
Stores are trying to move the phone, but buyers are looking elsewhere. Will Apple be forced into a price compromise?
By Paul Ausick, 24/7 Wall St.
When Apple (AAPL) announced its new iPhone 5s and 5c a couple of weeks ago, China was one of the countries included in the initial launch rollout. A basic unlocked iPhone 5c cost about $733 in China, compared with U.S. list price of $549.
A unlocked gold iPhone 5s was selling for as much as $1,634 in China. Yet the 5s reportedly outsold the 5c by 9-to-1 margin. Of the new iPhones sold over the first weekend, the 5c reportedly managed to grab just 9% of sales. The list price for an iPhone 5s in the U.S. is $649.
According to Caijing, retailers cut the price of the 5c in China to around $650 at launch and have cut the price further to about $604 in an effort to move the phone that few people apparently want.
Did Apple foul up on pricing here? The 5c is essentially the iPhone 5 with a plastic case in a choice of five colors. But its price is just $100 lower than the top-of-the-line 5s. The argument about this pricing strategy rages, but clearly customers have voted with their wallets.
Apple's problem is that these early buyers are the ones who can afford to pay for a 5s. There are plenty of them, but there are many more who will look elsewhere for a smartphone. Both new iPhones are too expensive for them.
Should or will Apple lower the price on the 5c? Yes, Apple should cut the price, if it is serious about addressing the large economy-minded market. But the company does not appear to be serious about that, so it likely will not cut the 5c's price. Like the Cubs, maybe next year.
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Original owner to reopen South StationMarch 31,2014By Gordon Dritschilo
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Wally Sabotka thinks what Rutland needs is a good steakhouse.
So, the restaurateur who most recently owned Sam's Steakhouse in Ludlow plans to renovate the former South Station and reopen it in early summer as Southside Steakhouse.
"I think it needs to be moderately priced and try to appeal to everybody," he said. "That's what Rutland's all about."
Sabotka was the South Station's original owner, opening it in 1982 and selling it in 2006. It continued under new owner William Gillam until it closed in March of 2013.
"It was very good to me for 24 years," Sabotka said of the South Main Street location.
Thomas Donahue, executive vice president of the Rutland Region Chamber of Commerce, said South Station left a hole in the Rutland dining scene when it closed.
"It's one of those places that was somewhat critical to the way things work in Rutland because it was a very busy meeting place," he said. "We haven't had that central small- to medium-size meeting spot for businesses since South Station went out of business."
Sabotka said he has long loved the steakhouse business and saw it as an unmet need in Rutland. He also said he plans to adopt a practice he used in Ludlow — in-house dry aging.
"We age steaks in a climate-controlled meat locker," he said. "It breaks down all the muscles and tenderizes all the steaks, giving it a slightly beefier flavor. Some of our steaks will be aged for a minimum of 21 days. I'm also going to have burgers and comfort foods on the menu and a very aggressive wine program."
Sabotka also said he plans a total renovation of the interior, which will leave the restaurant looking nothing like it did before.
"It's obviously in need of a serious face lift," he said. "I'm expanding the kitchen. ... We're kind of starting over."
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I have been on the Okung bandwagon since I did my initial 2010 draft research. But rarely have I discussed what if he has already been taken, or if there is a better choice at offensive tackle. With that saidwhat about Trent Williams?
Mayock believes that Williams is a better fit for the zone-blocking scheme that the Redskins are implementing, given that it requires more agility and quickness. Still, with a 33-year-old quarterback who has had nearly as many operations as Cavity Sam, pass blocking will be even more important. Russ Lande of Sporting News thinks Williams will be gone at No. 2, to the Lions; Nolan Nawrocki of Pro Football Weekly has concerns regarding Williams' work ethic and bust potential.
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ULM asst. Athletic Director Adam Johnson says the Independence bowl ticket line started forming Sunday at 10 in the morning and by the time doors opened at one in the afternoon, the line went out the door. "Obviously we're excited by the response we've been shown. We want to take a huge crowd to Shreveport," said Johnson and on Monday the momentum hasn't slowed.
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One reeason you see alot of people on Kodo's is that there is a vendor that sells something called goblin hop's or something, and when you "use" the item it makes your mount look like a kodo. There are 2 other types of hops, that make your mount look like a ram and something else(which i'm not sure of). the costs are 2 tokens, 5 tokens (kodo), and 20 tokens(ram). the enhancements go away after you dismount i believe.


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A new policy brief from a civil rights research and advocacy group out of UCLA reignites the concern that race influences which students are punished in schools and how they are punished.
I have written about this topic a great deal on the blog because the evidence clearly suggests that minority children are punished more severely, but many posters are skeptical and argue the opposite.
In June, the Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice released a report called "Effective Student Discipline: Keeping Kids in Class." The study found that African-American students, poor kids and children with learning disabilities are more likely to be disciplined in Georgia schools.
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Each year, more than 3.25 million K–12 students are suspended at least once. African American students are suspended three times as often as white students – 15 percent versus 5 percent. Hispanic students (7 percent) and Native American students (8 percent) are also suspended at higher rates than white students.
Researchers have found no evidence that students of color engage in more misbehavior than white students. Research does document that the largest disparities in discipline of white and African American students are for infractions that involve judgment calls by adults – talking back or disrespect, for instance. For example, an analysis of North Carolina discipline data found that African American first-time offenders were far more likely to be suspended than white first-time offenders for the same infraction.
Most suspensions are not responses to serious violence. Most states mandate expulsion (not suspension) for weapons, violence, and drug possession/use. Rising suspension rates reflect an increase in school removal for other, lesser infractions. Compared to 102,000 expulsions in 2006-2007 (the most recent year of available data), more than 3.25 million students were suspended at least once, mostly for nonviolent infractions such as truancy, dress-code violations, inappropriate language, and classroom disruptions. Advocates representing students in expulsion cases have even found that some expulsions are for minor, nonviolent infractions, such as repeated instances of talking back or not following a dress code.
Here is an excerpt from the policy brief from the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA:
"… in September of 2010, a report analyzing 2006 data collected by the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights found that more than 28% of black male middle school students had been suspended at least once.This is nearly three times the 10% rate for white males. Further, 18% of black females in middle school were suspended, more than four times as often as white females (4%).3 Later that same month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary Duncan each addressed a conference of civil rights lawyers in Washington, D.C., and affirmed their departments' commitment to ending such disparities.
Findings of this brief strongly suggest a need for reform. A review of the evidence suggests that subgroups experiencing disproportionate suspension miss important instructional time and are at greater risk of disengagement and diminished educational opportunities. Moreover, despite the fact that suspension is a predictor of students' risk for dropping out, school personnel are not required to report or evaluate the impact of disciplinary decisions. Overall, the evidence shows the following: there is no research base to support frequent suspension or expulsion in response to non-violent and mundane forms of adolescent misbehavior; large disparities by race, gender and disability status are evident in the use of these punishments; frequent suspension and expulsion are associated with negative outcomes; and better alternatives are available.
Based on the research reviewed, the following recommendations for improved policies and practices will help safeguard the civil rights of our schoolchildren and create more effective and equitable learning environments:
–Public school educators should routinely collect, reflect upon, and publicly report data on school disciplinary removal.
–Reports at the state, district, and school level (where permissible) should include data disaggregated by race/ethnicity, gender, and disability status in terms of numbers of each group disciplined. These reports should also include the percentage of each group that experiences suspension and expulsion, as well as disaggregated incidence data on the type of infraction and the number of days of missed instruction that results from such removals.
–Civil rights enforcement agents should use the disparate impact standard of legal review as grounds to pursue remedies for the unjust and unnecessary removal of children from school.
–When Congress reauthorizes the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, it should provide positive incentives for schools, districts and states to support students, teachers and school leaders in systemic improvements to classroom and behavior management where rates of disciplinary exclusion are high – even where disparities do not suggest unlawful discrimination.
–Federal and state policy should specify the rate of out-of-school suspensions as one of several factors to be considered in assessments of school efficacy, especially for low-performing schools. Researchers should investigate connections between school discipline data and key outcomes such as achievement, graduation rates, teacher effectiveness, and college and career readiness. System-wide improvements should be pursued through better policies and practices at all levels—including an effort to improve teachers' skills in classroom and behavior management.
Our public schools are essential to preparing our children to participate fully in our economic and democratic future. With these interests at stake, U.S. policymakers must find more effective ways to educate all of the nation's children, including those who may be challenging to engage.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
October 7th, 2011
12:29 pm
This is confusing. The title says that blacks involved in no more misbehaving than whites…… really?
I am not racist at all. However, it is just too hard to explain how our justice system, the jail cells, the student detention rooms, etc., are so full of blacks. This cannot be explained simply "bacause white-ie is out to get us."
I have elementary teacher friends (some black, some not) that say they clearly see a behavior difference between the races. I feel that this is a result of their environment growing up, and the learned behaviors from home.
October 7th, 2011
12:40 pm
Far fewer ersons of color use drugs than whites too but end up behind bars FAR more often than whites. I am no bleeding heart liberal, but our justice system is seriously messed up.
Maybe if we stopped trying to legislate morality (locking up people for victimless crimes) we would be able to leave more resources in the pockets of citizens (and more citizens at home raising families where they belong) and some of our problems would go away on their own.
The zero intelligence policies we now imploy in schools have turned what used to be minor discipline problems into police matters that generate police records that haunt children for the rest of their lives. Similarly arresting and imprisoning people for putting substances into their bodies that the government does not approve of, engaging in financial transactions the government is not getting a cut of (let's face it, that is the real reason prostitution and gambling are illegal), and similar activities involving consenting adults only serves to permanently destroy the standing of individuals in the eyes of society, employers, etc. Perpetuate this cycle long enough and you begin to destroy families, communities, and society in general.
October 7th, 2011
12:41 pm
"Advocates representing students in expulsion cases have even found that some expulsions are for minor, nonviolent infractions, such as repeated instances of talking back "
Seriously? Daily disruption in class by talking back is considered minor? Why don't you ask the parents of the other 25 kids in class who lose 5-10 minutes a day because of 'students' such as these. When other borderline disruptive kids see there are no consequences, they act up as well. Then, instead of losing the one 'student,' you lose 3-5 others.
October 7th, 2011
12:41 pm
@ HS Public Teacher,
Regarding your last part of the comment. Yes, there is no question that behavior patterns among whites and blacks (and even among some whites and other whites, or some blacks and other blacks) do exist. They are just different and learned from home and their community/culture. What children don't necessarily learn is that what is perfectly acceptable behavior in one group may not be accepted/appreciated by another group — the interpretation of the behavior is a different matter. When the person behaving and the person observing the behavior come from different backgrounds (e.g., students and teachers, citizens and law enforcement officers, etc.) that can create a mismatch of expectations. Now, clearly, there are some behaviors that are considered to be wrong in most, if not all, groups.
How we react to behaviors is often inconsistent and defies logic. I have observed a teacher who reprimanded a student for shouting out an answer to a question she asked by saying "***, how many times do I have to tell you to raise your hand?" Then, a few minutes later, when another student shouted out an snwer to her question, she responded, "***, that is a very interesting idea." I bet the first student was totally confused why he was reprimanded for doing the exactly the same thing as the second one, yet the second one got praised.
So, I can see how black students get in more trouble in white teachers' classrooms. The question, though, is what happens if the teacher is black and students are whites. Is there a similar pattern?
October 7th, 2011
12:45 pm
Of course getting to the point I make repeatedly on this blog, make parents responsible for the education of their own children instead of putting the burden on society and letting them off the hook, ending mandatory attendence laws, and removing all barriers to the creative and innovate free market in addressing education, and the only kids you will see in any class will be those that actually want to be there. Further, by getting rid of the government bureaucracy, mindless policies of involving police for the most petty of behavioral issues will also end immediately.
October 7th, 2011
12:57 pm
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. In every public school I've worked in, we were essentially forbidden to pursue formal disciplinary action for any black male student, for precisely the reason that groups such as the NAACP and ACLU look for any excuse to say that minority students are being treated unfairly. Unless I missed, there's no substantiation in the above quote for the claim that there is no evidence for higher rate misbehavior among subgroups.
October 7th, 2011
1:11 pm
If you have a school that's majority black, you're going to have the majority of your suspensions be, wait for it…..black! Same with majority white schools. Quit playing the race card. Stupid disruptions know no race, creed, or gender.
October 7th, 2011
1:11 pm
ANOTHER MATH TEACHER hit the nail on the head. These so-called "minor" infractions, when repeated constantly, are serious DISRUPTIONS of learning. They are "minor" only to those with no desire to teach or learn. If caucasians are getting away with such behaviors, they should be suspended as well. They were when I was Dean of Students at Chattahoochee High School back in the '90's.
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
One of the most effective methods of dealing with "chronic disruptors" was to require their parents to attend school for a day with their children.
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
A civil rights group, from California no less, found that minority groups are suspended more often than non-minorities….Duh! An old adage states, and I paraphrase,: "When you're looking for conspiracy, you'll always find it." The beautiful thing about data is that it is always open to misinterpretation.
October 7th, 2011
1:17 pm
I teach lower income blacks, however I've taught middle to upper income blacks and whites. The difference I see is SES. I just find that students in certain communities act differently than those in communities with higher income brackets. @ HS Teacher, I am sure that if you asked those same black teachers did students act that way when they were growing up, they'd probably tell you no. I went to school in Buckhead and I can assure you that the black, white, latino, bi-racial, etc kids all did dumb stuff. The white kids did a heck of a lot more drugs though. But we weren't suspended for every little infraction. Regarding the justice system, well, let's just say that there is a reason equality is yet to exist in this country.
October 7th, 2011
1:20 pm
I love the statement "…require their parents…". Their parents are supposedly "required" to help them learn, teach discipline and back up the teachers. HA! Most parents are too busy thinking their little darlings are just perfect angles and it's those other kids/parents that are the problem.
October 7th, 2011
1:24 pm
I agree with HS public teacher, that the report is somewhat distorted because if you look at the prisons, student dentention centers they are full of black people. The schools that my children attended was mixed and the majority of students who got in trouble and had the most severe penalties were black.
October 7th, 2011
1:24 pm
So, a "civil rights research group" looks at a bunch of data and spins it to support their preconceived hypothesis. I'm shocked, SHOCKED I tell you…
And so now, Attorney General Eric Holder, yes the same Eric Holder who thought it would be a great idea to sell a bunch of weapons to mexican drug cartels and see where they wound up only to have two US Border Control officers killed with these same weapons, is now going to look end these racial disparities in discipline.
Give me a break.
But anyhow, I love how the politically correct keep their head in the sand and deny any differences between the races (at least, those differences that show the minorities in a bad light…).
October 7th, 2011
1:27 pm
BTW, if the NAACP, Eric Holder, et al, continue to pressure schools to NOT discipline blacks, then expect the behavior to only get worse.
October 7th, 2011
1:29 pm
The color difference in students is mostly GREEN not BLACK. Black kids from middle class families with college educated parents, grandparents, and other relatives, by and large, have the same behavioral tendencies as white of the same soci economic level. While teaching HS in APS for 30+ years I am in a position to render an informed opinion.
October 7th, 2011
1:30 pm
I'm betting that the statement "Researchers have found no evidence that students of color engage in more misbehavior than white students" is completely taken out of context. It probably in fact is talking about a comparison of "white and black students of the same socio economic background"…..which is not at all how it's portrayed in this B.S. article/study.
It's hard to believe that there is any doubt that lower income kids act up more across the board.
October 7th, 2011
1:33 pm
Recently spent three hours at the local middle school. There was definately a difference in the behavior of the students. Out of 23 students that I observed three black children, two male and one female exhibited behavior that was inappropriate. During one thirty minute period the teacher had to correct these three 18 times for loudly talking, roaming around the room, taking other students books or papers. When I left, I felt I knew why teaches get trouble for taping children's mouths shut, putting them in boxes and everything else that makes the news.
October 7th, 2011
1:34 pm
" When the person behaving and the person observing the behavior come from different backgrounds …. that can create a mismatch of expectations."
"What we got here is… failure to communicate."
Captain, Road Prison 36 / Cool Hand Luke
October 7th, 2011
1:36 pm
wow, no evidence found? did these resaerchers watch the behavior of every kid in the country over a period of time to come up with this? all i need to see is all these mobs of black kids attacking people left and right every day. and since when does income level determine whether a kid knows right from wrong?
October 7th, 2011
1:37 pm
@Another Math Teacher
Exactly. I couldn't have said it better.
October 7th, 2011
1:42 pm
Let's put all the prejudices aside and look at numbers and FACTS:
Rules are rules! If someone breaks the rules, they should be punished. I don't care about your race, socioeconomic background, mental deficits, etc. If you wish to attend public school you are expected to behave. If you don't, then you are punished. If you happen to be one of the demographic groups crying foul, then maybe public school isn't for you. How's that for simplicity? I am sick and tired of standards lowered because they fall into a group you call "disadvantaged", or whatever term you wish to use. Parents- why don't you start being parents?
October 7th, 2011
1:44 pm
I don't think black students engage in more misbehavior than white students. However, I do think their reactions to corrective measures, even if that measure is a verbal reprimand, are what lead to harsher punishments. Gentle reminders of how to behave often evoke profanity-laced outbursts. However, the outbursts of the students is nothing compared to the outbursts of their parents. "You can't tell my child how to act!"
October 7th, 2011
1:47 pm
To continue…a more appropriate reaction might be to say "Yes, Maam" or "Yes, Sir," and then change one's behavior, at least until the teacher isn't looking anymore. It is the reaction to a simple request or reminder that gets them in trouble.
October 7th, 2011
1:48 pm
have you been to north fulton, cherokee , or johns creek lately? there is a reason everyone moved up there , mainly so their kids could go to school with majoriry of white kids and also so their representation was not the same idots who run clayton dekalb and the city of atlanta.
October 7th, 2011
1:50 pm
The responses to this B.S. "study" do show one positive thing though (with thankfully few exceptions). It used to be that a group could publish a "Study" and people would believe the results, even though the conclusion just didn't feel right. The internet has completely destroyed the ability for folks to mislead in that way.
The experience of most folks in normal public schools is very different from the "conclusion" that this group tries to promote. And now most of us realize, after years of being bombarded with "studies" that were in reality contrived opinion pieces, that we are better off tempering published reports with actual life experiences (i.e. the "sniff test").
Quite encouraging, imo.
October 7th, 2011
1:51 pm
Olddog, Viet vet…another math teacher et al…….All ahve said it correctly and until we hold children accountable, nothing will change. I have taught in all kinds of schools. Kids who have parents that expect good grades and good behavior…behave great. The opposite is also true. Spend one day in Clayton County Middle or High Schools…those not in education would be shocked. I am lucky I left and spent a few years in another state in a rural community. These kids behaved…even if they did not do much work.
October 7th, 2011
2:07 pm
@HS Public Teacher. "I am not racist at all. However, it is just too hard to explain how our justice system, the jail cells, the student detention rooms, etc., are so full of blacks. This cannot be explained simply "bacause white-ie is out to get us."
Don't forget that our cops always have to beat them too. Just no explainin it.
October 7th, 2011
2:08 pm
I'm pretty sure anyone that went to public schools laugh at this "disparity." Some children react better to warnings, others don't care about consequences. It all comes down to parenting.
October 7th, 2011
2:14 pm
I have a similar experience in boot camp.
When the CO yelled at a black woman, she gave him "the look" or a smart alek remark, which always got her into trouble….but when the same black CO yelled at a white woman she would usually ….cry…but never give him "the look" or a smart alek remark.
Guess which girls were made to do push ups?
The CO would usually admonish (make fun of, ridicule) the white woman for crying but the brazen looks and back talk got one push ups.
There were no socio economic disparities in that company. We were all poor.
October 7th, 2011
2:14 pm
This article is full of bad data and stereotypes.
Why wasn't there any data for the % of Asian students that get suspended?
October 7th, 2011
2:16 pm
Those beatings that take place are the same reason blacks are suspended more.
I think having a male father figure is huge in every child's development/respect for authority/self esteem/sense of responsibility.
October 7th, 2011
2:17 pm
"Advocates representing students in expulsion cases have even found that some expulsions are for minor, nonviolent infractions, such as repeated instances of talking back "
Talking back is not a significant problem????? This had to be written by someone that does NOT teach every day in a classroom.
October 7th, 2011
2:26 pm
Sorry, Maureen, didn't mean to imply that you had lifted anything out of context. What I meant to say is that I expect that the data actually showed that people of the same socio-economic background, regardless of color, likely exhibited the same discipline issues. and those in the lower economic levels are more likely to have discipline issues.
Now, that being said….I have not read the report, but was just trying to give them the benefit of the doubt…because if they are saying that whites and blacks across the board have the same levels of discipline, then that is completely contrary to what the teachers/administrators that I am closest to have experienced, in a school that is 30-30-30-10 racial mix.
October 7th, 2011
2:26 pm
White, black, hispanic or otherwise, by the time these kids get to school they should be taught repect and how to behave. This is not being taught at the home. The parents of disruptive kids everywhere can take the blame for their kids, not the color of the skin. I am really sick of the race card. We are all children of GOD so start acting like it.
October 7th, 2011
2:28 pm
To be honest, I see higher income kids misbehaving just as much as lower income kids. The only difference is higher income kids tend to be let off the hook more by teachers AND their own parents. To step outside of the original topic, watch how kids behave during activities outside of the classroom. I see higher income kids doing everything to running around indoors, making noise during an organized activity that would be considered disruptive to those participating, hitting each other (horseplay, not fights) with limb and other objects, and all kinds of inappropriate behavior. The rubber meets the road at how the adults deal with it.
As Once Again hinted towards, I think those in charge decide who they find the misbehavior unacceptable before it even happens. I don't think this is simply a race issue but rather a social status issue. You can spin it specifically about race or income but it's really about who those in charge decide to give a pass to…
If a lower income teacher sees a bunch of rich kids misbehaving, it might bother that teacher more than if lower income kids were doing the same thing, or vice versa. The same can be said when the difference is race, religion, sex, favorite sports team, political affiliation, etc. The underlying point is that punishment is dealt out in a very subjective manner despite what policy and procedure states.
It's not a new concept that students favored by the teacher get more breaks than students who cause teachers more trouble. If performance and behavior were the only criteria to create that judgement things would be fine, it's the possibility that other more personal bias issues could cause a teacher to favor one type of student over another that is troubling.
October 7th, 2011
2:33 pm
Trying to be politically correct will not solve anything. May I repeat the MACE mantra? You cannot have good learning conditions until you first have good teaching conditions.
If students don't learn to live within disciplinary boundaries in schools, then they will learn it in the military or state prison. This is the cold reality of life. I deal in reality, not pipe dreaming.
October 7th, 2011
2:37 pm
The cost of teaching a child to say ….no ma'am /yes ma'am, no sir/yes sir, may I please be excuse, thank-you, and good-morning. The price tag $0. Manners and being respectable in schools is something all parents can teach their children, regardless of soci-economics.
October 7th, 2011
2:37 pm
from the way you worded the headline, you are begging for the answer: It is because of prjudice.
October 7th, 2011
2:40 pm
Black males are suspended more than anyone else because black males commit more discipline infractions than any other sub group – period.
October 7th, 2011
2:43 pm
Why not just put Kathy Augustine in charge of discipline. According to her APS's reforms were "working so well, there are no discipline problems to report" when confronted with the fact that 40 schools reported ZERO discipline problems.
Well "confronted" might be the wrong word when it comes to Maureen, as she apparently let the statement pass without comment.
October 7th, 2011
2:45 pm
"Moreover, despite the fact that suspension is a predictor of students' risk for dropping out…"
Wow, students who tell the teacher to "F-ck off and die, b-tch" are more likely to drop out of school than other students.
October 7th, 2011
2:48 pm
What's the difference between a Wall St. thief and a smash and grab thief? The Wall St, thief can afford window dressing.
October 7th, 2011
2:49 pm
Ever notice how quick some are to label rude, nasty, defiant, disobedient, and disruptive behaviors as "minor" so long as they THEMSELVES don't have to deal with them?
October 7th, 2011
2:52 pm
My wife teaches math at a Gwinnett County school and I've on occasion sat in her classroom as she taught and saw how students behaved. All I have to say is that it starts in the home. When kids come from a single-parent home, they're more likely to act out, especially if there's not a dad around. A dad is supposed to be the leader of the family, and sadly, we're seeing more broken homes – and, the kids suffer. Don't get me wrong, I think the mother has a very important job, but when you have a dad around that tells his girls to value themselves and not try to get that attention from a boy who has bad intentions in the first place, and a dad to teach a boy how to become a man and how to live his life with integrity, then you see better behaved kids – for the most part. When dad's refuse to step up and take responsibility, they're only setting their kids up for failure, in the classroom – and later, in life.
October 7th, 2011
2:53 pm
I wonder how much of this "disparity" is really a refelction of the fact that our schools are very segregated, and different schools handle things differently. Haven't we been raving about schools like KIPP and the Ron Clark Academy becasue they don't tolerate disrespectful speech or backtalk? Maureen, didn't your posting about the Ron Clark Academy point out that the kids don't speak at all for the first two weeks? My guess is that schools with a majority or minority students do discipline differently. And why should the Civil Rights Project say that's wrong if it's working? Those schools are certainly successful. I would be very interested to hear Ron Clark's reaction to this! It's bad enough dealing with scripted lessons, now teachers can't get a kid suspended if he/she curses them out?!
October 7th, 2011
2:59 pm
Greg S.
October 7th, 2011
1:14 pm
My thoughts exactly. This study is just more civil rights Horse Manure. But be not deterred fellow citizens. While you, whomever you may be, are justifyin your and your offsprings actions via excuse making. The fact remains they are going to jail in droves and I couldnt care less.
Build more prisons and fill them up with offenders. Color of the offender matters not to me.
October 7th, 2011
3:02 pm
Talking back, Ms. Downey, is the problem. Attitude. Attitude.
October 7th, 2011
3:07 pm
I wonder how many of these poor discriminated against black students come from majority or all black schools? Perhaps its an issue akin to black on black crime.


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