Not exact matches
Some of the nation's largest districts are working to punish students in ways that don't involve suspension, trying to reform
discipline so that students aren't referred to
police, or both.
''... The churches
do not offer solace and acceptance of the prevailing order; the schools can not maintain
discipline over their pupils; the
police and courts can not maintain orderly processes of action (they often infringe the very laws they are supposed to enforce); the hospitals can not cure; the jails burst at their seams; and, finally, the government itself fails to function with the respect and authority it requires.
Through responding with sensitivity and positive
discipline, where we've modeled to our kids how to resolve conflict, we don't have to
do nearly as much
policing as some parents as our kids are just behaving the way we've taught them.
At a Democratic candidates forum hosted by the Village Independent Democrats (VID), a Democratic club, on Tuesday night, Scott Caplan,
police misconduct and corruption officer for the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, asked Nixon to state in her own words whether she thinks de Blasio and the NYPD can
do better in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana,
police accountability and
police discipline.
The plan to have top administrators involved in
disciplining officers
does not sound new, said Jeff Piedmonte, president of the Syracuse
Police Benevolent Association.
But just as «active
policing» has made our cities dramatically safer, more vigorous
discipline policies have
done the same for our schools.
Philadelphia, like most urban school districts, spends a significant amount of money on things most suburban districts
do not, such as increased security measures, school
police, metal detectors, non-teaching hallway patrols, health services, detention centers,
discipline schools, teen parenting centers, daycare, nurseries, and non-English-speaking classes.
Police in Minneapolis are tightening rules for how officers use body cameras, including stricter requirements for activation and progressive
discipline for officers who don't
do it.