Organizations like the Center for Restoratives Approaches and Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children, helped usher in these changes by organizing and educating families about the dangers of punitive school discipline policies and by demonstrating that «zero - tolerance» approaches have no utility. (secondlineblog.org)
Many of the youth in the room were leaders who were instrumental in LAUSD's passing the Student Climate Bill of Rights, which favors alternatives that promote positive behavior over punitive school discipline policies. (healthhappenshere.com)
Punitive school discipline practices such as overuse of suspension also can contribute to absenteeism as well as to community distrust of schools. (attendanceworks.org)