them for their worth in life. suspending them and expelling them from school early in life sends the wrong message and is devastating for us as a society. >> clearly, as you say, devastating consequences. your office has also outlined some solutions. what can schools do to change this? >> we're really excited about the guidance package that we released in january. the key components of the package were, this is what the law is, this is what we expect and this is the way that we enforce. also, here are things that teachers can do, alternatives to suspension expulsion that keep our kids in school, make sure all of our students are engaged, that we are behaving appropriately and that all of them are active learners so we can support them in school and engage all of our students in making sure the classroom environment is appropriate. we're excited about having been able to share that information and we're looking forward to seeing it implemented around the country. we know how much our teachers want to be teaching and want to be doing the successful work in the classrooms that we all want to support. >> we've seen such an outpouring of passion on this issue.