Eliminating Disparities This article in Principal Leadership examines the research on disparities
in exclusionary discipline policies and practices.
Not exact matches
In particular, schools will need to adopt alternative practices, rather than eliminating or dramatically reducing the use of exclusionary discipline in a policy voi
In particular, schools will need to adopt alternative practices, rather than eliminating or dramatically reducing the use of
exclusionary discipline in a policy voi
in a
policy void.
In this article, we describe the critiques of
exclusionary discipline and then examine the research base on which
discipline policy reform rests.
The presence of police officers, guns, handcuffs, and metal detectors
in schools creates hostile teaching and learning environments that are reinforced by harsh, punitive, and
exclusionary school
discipline policies.
Other locations he's watching include Maryland, where extensive changes to the state's
discipline policies are underway, and Denver, whose leading role
in the elimination of
exclusionary discipline makes it a key guidepost for other districts striving to do away with zero - tolerance tactics.
And, you know, speaking to education and justice,
in 2011, the u.s. department — the departments of education and justice launched a supportive school
discipline initiative to reduce
exclusionary discipline policies, practices and their impact on youth of color and youth with disabilities.
The OLN is also examining disciplinary practices and
policies among their schools and whether
exclusionary discipline is more likely to affect students
in different subgroups.
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).
We also look at the
policies in public schools and neighboring jurisdictions that have already made efforts to reduce
exclusionary discipline to discern lessons that could be useful to the District.
A progressive
discipline policy that limits the use of
exclusionary discipline practices and encourages all schools to respond to misbehavior using supportive, restorative
discipline practices to promote social and emotional development.The result of this
policy shift and accompanying professional development efforts has been a dramatic decrease
in suspensions and expulsions and an increase
in the use of instructive, corrective, and restorative responses to misconduct.