Sentences with phrase «based discipline in school»

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«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.

They spoke about the support needed for learners» psychosocial well - being, language support, classroom management and positive discipline, culturally responsive pedagogical training, host country curriculum support, and mitigating physical, sexual and gender - based violence in schools.

In 2001, the California Board of Education set standards at each grade level for what students should know and be able to do in music, visual arts, theater, and dance, but a statewide study in 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplineIn 2001, the California Board of Education set standards at each grade level for what students should know and be able to do in music, visual arts, theater, and dance, but a statewide study in 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplinein music, visual arts, theater, and dance, but a statewide study in 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplinein 2006, by SRI International, found that 89 percent of K - 12 schools failed to offer a standards - based course of study in all four disciplinein all four disciplines.

Second, despite a decade of calls by everyone from leading educators to leaders in the business community to shift our schooling from fact - based learning structured by academic disciplines to one that develops creative, flexible thinkers using a more interdisciplinary approach, this change is still not happening in any widespread way.

Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.

Efforts to keep children from dropping out of school must begin in the middle grades, a new report advises, and should include school - based reforms that enhance achievement, promote self - esteem, and provide personalized, rather than punitive, discipline.

Downsborough believes that a discipline system based on respect, choice, and appropriate consequences will lead to a reduction in behaviour incidents and a more positive school environment.

Because the schools are often oversubscribed, they admit students on the basis of their attendance, grades and discipline record in middle school.

We add to this discussion our findings that the legal understandings underlying school discipline policies depart in significant ways from the case law on which they are assumed to be based, according expansive rights and protections to students, even as the courts have tended to side with school authorities.

Since 2010, the civil rights office has issued detailed directives on eliminating racial disparities in school discipline; the allocation of school resources among racial groups; schools» responsibility for preventing bullying; the use of race - based assignments to achieve diversity; achieving gender equity in intercollegiate and interscholastic sports, and support for pregnant and parenting students.

Potential teachers should demonstrate competence in an academic discipline and an aptitude for teaching; schools must offer incentives to attract outstanding candidates; unconventional paths to the profession must be forged; and salaries must be based on performance and sensitive to market conditions.

Actually, that's what many people on the left do claim, and that was the basis for the Obama Administration's 2014 Dear Colleague Letter on the topic, which gave the Office for Civil Rights (and Justice Department) the authority to investigate school districts based on racial disparities in discipline rates alone.

Based on mixed results to date, disputes over the extent to which educational officials can discipline students for misbehavior involving the internet that does not originate in school or on school computers and servers, is one that is likely to receive increased judicial attention.

These evidence - based approaches help schools support students with challenging behaviors and were recommended by the Mayoral Leadership Team on School Climate and Discipline to keep students in school learning instead of punishing them through exclusionary discipline practices, which do not address the underlying causes of the behSchool Climate and Discipline to keep students in school learning instead of punishing them through exclusionary discipline practices, which do not address the underlying causes of the behschool learning instead of punishing them through exclusionary discipline practices, which do not address the underlying causes of the behavior.

providing guidance in developing new systems of school discipline based on fairness, reconciliation, and restorative justice

The theory behind the «school - to - prison pipeline» concept is that black and Latino students experience harsher discipline in school than their white peers, and that these school - based experiences increase the likelihood of their eventual engagement with the criminal justice system.

The annual survey on crime, violence, and discipline in public schools — conducted in 2003 - 04 by the National Center for Education Statistics, an arm of the U.S. Department of Education — based its findings on questionnaires mailed to principals at 3,743 elementary, middle, and high schools across the United States.

The bill requires districts to establish a policy on school discipline that contains the specific basis for in - school suspensions, short term out - of - school suspensions, long term out - of - school suspensions and expulsions, and the maximum length of long term suspensions.

«It's far too common in schools for educators to wait for discipline problems to emerge and then handle them on a case - by - case basis,» said Smith.

Second, Black argues, although the Bloomberg piece touches on a truth by asserting that simply stopping or limiting suspensions can harm students» education, this occurs when a school does not at the same time reform its discipline policies based on positive behavioral support and programs based in restorative practices.

The «Classroom Efficiency Club» emerged in the 1990s from the efforts of a small group of educational entrepreneurs, most affiliated with charter schools, to develop classroom practices that would instill the discipline necessary for students to master foundational knowledge that could then serve as a base for more advanced learning.

The MPS data dashboard allows interested citizens to drill down on a per - school basis, seeing how many students at any school site were disciplined in a given year (going back to 2013 - 2014).

Rescinding this guidance would be a major setback for students, and for teachers who are committed to implementing evidence - based strategies that address the root causes of student misbehavior and ending discipline disparities in our schools.

The current Problem Based Learning (PBL) Regional Summer School program has led to a decrease in discipline referrals and absence and an increase in passing rates and engagement, as shown by action research.

BTSALP helps hundreds of thousands of Utah elementary students receive the arts - enriched education they deserve by placing arts teachers specialized in one of four disciplines — dance, music, theater or visual arts — in schools to work alongside classroom teachers and create arts - based lesson plans in the core subjects of reading, math, science, and history.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE CROSS-CURRENTS: Goldstein's DC - based counterpart Erica Green has also been writing strong education stories, including this one about disparate school discipline in MinnSCHOOL DISCIPLINE CROSS-CURRENTS: Goldstein's DC - based counterpart Erica Green has also been writing strong education stories, including this one about disparate school discipline in DISCIPLINE CROSS-CURRENTS: Goldstein's DC - based counterpart Erica Green has also been writing strong education stories, including this one about disparate school discipline in Minnschool discipline in discipline in Minnesota.

Mandy lead a diverse committee in re-evaluating her school's discipline plan and adopting an evidence - based behavioral intervention plan that enhanced academic and social behavior outcomes for all students.

«As more states rate schools based on how many of their students are chronically absent,» she writes, «policymakers must consider harsh discipline practices, an issue at the fore in...

The researchers studied 2,406 students in fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth grade in a diverse group of 12 public schools at which arts specialists delivered integrated and discipline - based arts instruction.

The Knoxville Alliance also addressed the issue of eliminating systemic disparities in discipline and suspension based on race and other student characteristics in Knox County Schools.

In that same spirit, we urge you now to consider the voices of thousands of educators from across the country who are committed to ending racial and gender discipline disparities in our schools through evidence - based strategies aimed at addressing the root causes of student misbehavioIn that same spirit, we urge you now to consider the voices of thousands of educators from across the country who are committed to ending racial and gender discipline disparities in our schools through evidence - based strategies aimed at addressing the root causes of student misbehavioin our schools through evidence - based strategies aimed at addressing the root causes of student misbehavior.

In Minnesota, teachers wrote a school - based action guide, Ending Racial Discipline Disparities, to help educators end racial discipline disparities through evidence - backed strategies.

The principals and educators of these schools have been intentional in adopting discipline practices that reduce the loss of instructional time due to disciplinary reasons and reducing disparities based on race, sex, and other demographic characteristics.

These discipline - based newcomers to education research have often lacked deep substantive knowledge of schools and schooling, but increasingly they are becoming drawn in more deeply.

Rescinding this guidance would be a major setback for students, and for teachers who are committed to implementing evidence - based strategies that address the root causes of student misbehavior and end racial discipline disparities in our schools.

SCHOOL DISCIPLINE SUMMIT SPARKS TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will hear from supporters and opponents of Obama - era guidance aimed at curbing racial disparities in school discipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolent offSCHOOL DISCIPLINE SUMMIT SPARKS TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will hear from supporters and opponents of Obama - era guidance aimed at curbing racial disparities in school discipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolentDISCIPLINE SUMMIT SPARKS TRANSPARENCY CONCERNS: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos today will hear from supporters and opponents of Obama - era guidance aimed at curbing racial disparities in school discipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolent offschool discipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolentdiscipline and the overuse of harsh policies, like out - of - school suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolent offschool suspensions, expulsions and school - based arrests for nonviolent offschool - based arrests for nonviolent offenses.

In this installment of Dan and Larry's discussion based on their shared focus on developing and sustaining equitable, supportive, and restorative systems of school discipline, they cover remedies and approaches to the problem.

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice issued guidance to assist public schools with administering student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

She has eluded to perhaps the best suggestion to date to fix our schools, a comprehensive and challenging curriculum in every discipline at every grade, but somehow this message has been lost in all the hoopla over merit pay, charter schools, evaluating teachers based on their students» test scores, collective bargaining rights, etc..

The guidance told school districts that discipline policies could be found in violation of federal civil rights law based on discriminatory effects, even if the policies are neutral on their face.

It's not always easy to tell whether the new approaches help overall student performance, because schools interested in this type of experimentation are often innovating in other ways as well: changing grading policies, moving to more project - based learning models and rethinking discipline strategies.

Edmentum is currently in the process of developing a brand - new set of middle school science courses, which can be offered either in a traditional discipline - based structure (earth and space science, life science, and physical science) or in an integrated science structure (grades 6, 7, and 8).

Very much a challenge in discipline - based schools, teaching reading strategies improves students» understanding of the subjects and increases overall achievement.

Graduation rates (along with test score growth data) is a critical component of No Child's AYP system, while any overhaul of No Child should include using school discipline data along with chronic truancy rates (ideally, based on 10 or more days of unexcused absence, as used in Indiana) as a component of accountability.

Safeguard against an increase in and work to reduce reliance on other punitive discipline practices such as expulsions, school - based arrests or placements in alternative schools;

Today, PURE joined with the Washington, D. C. - based legal advocacy group Advancement Project and Voices of Youth in Chicago Education (VOYCE) in a press conference and march to protest the Noble Charter School Network's predatory student discipline policy.

As a contrast, in Milwaukee's early targeted voucher program (targeted to low - income families) parents stated that their choices were based on such matters as educational quality, teaching approach and style, discipline in a choosen school, and atmosphere.

«The recommendation is to make some of these reforms mandatory (rather than discretionary) for schools that continually show significant disparities in discipline on the basis of these protected categories.»