Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact
of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences.
As someone who has only just begun considering the
impacts of school discipline on educational equity, I found this article to be particularly interesting.
The article discusses the role of school leaders in facilitating effective teacher - student relationships in order to reduce
instances of school discipline.
The 2014 letter, then, was based on dubious claims about the
effects of school discipline and highly questionable assumptions about what is driving racial discipline disparities.
The author advocates for a restorative justice
model of school discipline, arguing for the benefits of such a model as opposed to a zero - tolerance discipline model.
There is, for instance, little evidence that black students and white students within the same school receive different
kinds of school discipline.
The study which can be accessed below, found an increase in the perception of the importance of social - emotional skills in the
areas of school discipline and school climate.
«Based on research and experience, more and more local districts are rejecting the use of ineffective strategies like corporal punishment as an acceptable form
of school discipline in favor of effective techniques, like the Positive Behavioral Support system favored by most educators,» said Vitaglione.
In past times, corporal punishment (spanking or paddling or caning or strapping or birching the student in order to cause physical pain) was one of the most common
forms of school discipline throughout much of the world.
The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education has reached a settlement agreement with the Milwaukee Public Schools over a complaint filed regarding discriminatory
use of school discipline policy.
Dan and Larry wrap up their conversation about developing equitable, supportive, and restorative
systems of school discipline by discussing how districts can start making changes.
The single most troubling feature of this Orwellian guidance was the bald statement that «discrimination» in the
application of school discipline does not necessarily mean that any individual was discriminated against.
Last week, officials from the U.S. Department of Education met with
critics of school discipline policies that were put in place under the Obama administration.
Beyond Zero Tolerance: Discipline and Policing in Pennsylvania Public Schools (2015), is the only statewide
analysis of school discipline for Pennsylvania.
Howie has been working in the area
of school discipline since 1990, and Project ACHIEVE's Positive Behavioral Support System (PBSS) model is used by thousands of schools — in every state across the country — as their PBIS, SEL, or school - wide discipline approach.
In some cases, schools target students consciously: using
out of school discipline as a nefarious means to filter students who need more academic, social and emotional supports, including children with special needs or those in foster care.
Supt. John Deasy and the board have together brought an unrelenting focus on poor children of color and there has been much progress as a result of his leadership including increased graduation and attendance rates, increases in the numbers of African American and Latino students taking Advanced Placement courses and exams, and reduced suspensions along with an
overhaul of the school discipline policy.
It isn't shocking that Dominic Zarecki's shoddy research is being championed by Max Eden and other
foes of school discipline reform.
It's probably just as well that Wax isn't (to my knowledge) planning to speak at Middlebury anytime soon, for she also bravely tackles the
question of school discipline.
The overuse of out - of - school suspensions and other harsh traditional forms
of school discipline also damage their prospects.
Code of Conduct; Documentation of Positive, Restorative and Non-Exclusionary Discipline Plan; Evidence of equal implementation
of school discipline across student sub-groups; Evidence of learning resources for suspended students.