Sentences with phrase «equity in school discipline»

As a member of the Miami - Dade County Board of Education, Gallon has worked to increase support for underperforming schools, improve equity in school discipline practices, and expand magnet schools to underserved communities.

Through our work advocating for equity in school discipline, we often run into the same questions from site and district administrators.

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Withdrawal of the Obama Administration's guidance on school discipline and equity in resources

-LSB-...] discipline has become the subject of one of the most polarizing and entrenched debates in education: Opponents of the Obama guidance argue that it has handicapped schools from ensuring schools are safe and productive learning environments; proponents assert the rules promote equity and prevent educators from resorting to punitive discipline practices that are ineffective at best and pernicious at worst.

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.

The National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools Equity Coalition released a joint statement urging the charter sector to commit to strong and fair discipline practices for all students, including students with disabilities, saying:

For instance, members of the Equity Coalition have published joint statements on discipline and to the Trump Administration and 115th Congress regarding critical issues impacting students with disabilities in charter schools.

Guided by criteria developed with the input of hundreds of students across the city, the youth panelists provided formal feedback to the Boston School Committee on each candidate, evaluating them on their willingness to allow students to be involved in the decision - making process, their focus on equity in Boston schools, and their willingness to embrace and implement restorative justice practices to limit harsh school disciSchool Committee on each candidate, evaluating them on their willingness to allow students to be involved in the decision - making process, their focus on equity in Boston schools, and their willingness to embrace and implement restorative justice practices to limit harsh school discischool discipline.

Roxhill Elementary School was able to successfully implement a PBIS system by providing strategies to break down barriers — discipline, trauma, equity issues — in adult beliefs.

In Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013 School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial discipline disparities across LAUSD in The Equity MovemenIn Los Angeles, educators advocated for ways to implement the 2013 School Climate Bill of Rights, with the goal of reducing racial discipline disparities across LAUSD in The Equity Movemenin The Equity Movement.

Later this year, she is launching a blog entitled where she will shed light on all things educational equity in hopes to push educators into 21st century discipline practices; ultimately destroying the school - to - prison pipeline.

Larry: What Federal and / or state policy changes do you think would do the most to ensure continued progress in creating supportive school discipline and fostering equity in our schools?

State policymakers are in an ideal position to address disproportionate discipline policies and practices in order to improve school equity and climate.

Fresno, the fourth largest school district in California, is in the midst of a culture shift, Nelson said, and is working to address its equity issues, such as the disparate discipline rate of students who are Black, male and in special education — the focus of Nelson's dissertation.

Within her recent work through the South Central Collaborative for Equity (SCCE), Dr. Grayson assisted in the technical assistance and training for the OCR - mandated issues concerning disparate discipline and achievement rates in several school districts.

David Hinojosa, J.D., director of the federally - funded IDRA South Central Collaborative for Equity, gives an overview of the civil rights protections that are in place, the negative impact of many school discipline practices and points to resources available to schools and teachers.

At the Education Writers Association's 69th National Seminar in Boston last week, several leading journalists predicted that school finance (e.g., funding equity and adequacy), race (e.g., school integration, school discipline), state accountability systems under the new Every Student Succeeds Act, and implementation of the Common Core State Standards would receive the most coverage during the 2016 - 17 school year.

In this case, a district principal gets advice on discipline from the Equity Project Charter School.

To gain recognition and respect for legal writing as a discipline in its own right, the legal writing community has sought pay and title equity, increased credits for the courses, and full rights to participate in law school governance.

I learned that we are entering an exciting period in school discipline reform whereby educators, policy makers, and researchers are beginning to critically appraise their SEL initiatives with and eye toward increasing considerations about equity and culture.