Sentences with phrase «for exclusionary discipline practices»

Chicago Youth Call Out Charter Schools» Extreme Punishments After determining that Chicago charter schools have expulsion rates seven times that of their counterpart public schools (see factsheet), youth leaders of Voices of Youth in Chicago Education urged the state charter school commission to intervene and hold charter schools accountable for exclusionary discipline practices.

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The law provides funding for Youth PROMISE plans, which are aimed at reducing exclusionary discipline practices.

The Appendix lists many recommendations for policy and practice, with the general theme of reducing the use of exclusionary discipline (suspension and expulsion) and providing discipline through positive approaches.

Finally, the letter contains a significant appendix of «illustrative» specific suggestions for policy and practice that could serve to help states and districts avoid violations, urging schools to reduce the use of suspension and other forms of exclusionary discipline, focusing instead on positive approaches.

As of May 2015, 22 states and the District of Columbia had revised their laws in order to require or encourage schools to: limit the use of exclusionary discipline practices; implement supportive (that is, nonpunitive) discipline strategies that rely on behavioral interventions; and provide support services such as counseling, dropout prevention, and guidance services for at - risk students.

Effective remedies to improve instruction, learning and school climate (including, e.g., decreases in bullying and harassment, use of exclusionary discipline practices, use of police in schools, and student referrals to law enforcement) for students enrolled are implemented in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets or where achievement gaps persist.

Reform of school discipline to reduce exclusionary practices and foster positive social, behavioral, emotional, and academic success for students;

An unintended consequence of these policies and practices was that youth with behavioral health needs were put at an increased risk for exclusionary discipline and school - based arrests.

Ensure that the school's written discipline policies provide for alternatives to in - school and out - of - school suspensions and other exclusionary practices (i.e., expulsions).

This is alarming because D.C. doesn't have a full picture of current in - school suspension, and if more schools start to substitute this practice for out - of - school suspensions, there is a real risk of exclusionary discipline persisting but obscured from view.

Pedro Noguera argues that exclusionary discipline practices «effectively deny targeted students access to instruction and the opportunity to learn and do little to enable students to learn from their mistakes and develop a sense of responsibility for their behavior» (2008, p. 133).

This disproportionality in exclusionary discipline practices may contribute to the preschool to prison pipeline for Black boys in particular.

Curbing Preschool Suspension and Expulsion: Exclusionary discipline practices occur at high rates in early learning settings, and at even higher rates for young boys of color.