Sentences with phrase «of school discipline policies»

Topics covered ranged from the stated goals of school discipline policies, to how and why the disproportionately affect students of color.

Supporters of the guidance welcome US ED taking a closer look at the potentially discriminatory impact of school discipline policies on students of color and / or on students with disabilities.

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.

The Children's Defense Fund has been highlighting the disparate impact of school discipline policies on children of color and poor children since the publication of our 1975 report, School Suspensions: Are They Helping Children?

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.

Remember when several groups & the @NYT attacked me for pointing out the potential role of school discipline policy in #Parkland tragedy?

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.

What we have here is the stop - and - frisk of school discipline policies.

Both teachers have been outspoken critics of school discipline policies they see as overly permissive.

The issue has served as the lens through which a number of changes to the state's educational landscape have taken shape, including the creation of private school voucher systems, an increase in charter schools, the adoption of a new set of controversial academic standards and an overhaul of school discipline policies.

For one, Reardon's research, which focused solely on how districts improve academic progress for children from third grade to the end of middle school (as well as how poverty affects achievement), never looked at the impact of school discipline policy (or even overuse of suspensions) on achievement.