Sentences with phrase «behind school discipline»

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The essential paradigm behind much of the school discipline practiced in the United States today — and certainly behind the zero - tolerance, suspension - heavy approach that has dominated since the 1990s — is behaviorism.

NYC Council members are demanding an oversight hearing into school - bus drivers who have kept their jobs despite being disciplined for hitting kids, boozing behind the wheel and even allegedly taking photos up a girl's skirt.

Most of the research on discipline disparities is focused on the student who's been excluded — not necessarily the class or school left behind.

They point to application barriers at some charter schools and high expulsion rates at others as evidence that the charter sector as a whole may be skimming the most motivated, disciplined students and leaving the hardest - to - reach behind.

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.

Employing strict discipline, an extended school day and year, and carefully selected teachers, No Excuses schools move disadvantaged students who start behind their peers academically up to and above grade level in reading and math, and on the path to success in college.

Students with disabilities continue to fall behind their same - age peers in reading and math and are more likely to experience discipline problems at school.

Replacing struggling neighborhood schools with charter schools leaves too many children behind; we have documented the punitive, often financially burdensome discipline and push - out policies of some of the most heavily promoted charter schools.

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The stereotypes and biases we are exposed to can affect the way students are viewed; left unchecked, students of color are disproportionately disciplined, left behind academically, and are overwhelmingly represented among the students who can't identify a single caring adult at school.

They also proposed new federal regulations, to be considered in the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind: that federal charter - school funding be tied to advancing equal opportunity, and that states are required to collect data on recruitment, retention and discipline in charter schools.

So the outcome of No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top has been more funding for schools that are doing well and more discipline and narrow test - preparation for the poorest schools.