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Many of those schools subscribed to the no excuses discipline model — the idea that if you crack down on slight misbehavior, you can prevent bigger issues from erupting.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew and other educators at the Changing School Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school disciSchool Climate breakfast discussion on March 23 at union headquarters in Manhattan said the Positive Learning Collaborative and Community Learning Schools are proven methods to help students cope with emotional issues and improve school discischool discipline.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

The school also has an assistant principal who helps with major student discipline cases that are ongoing and pervasive and is the lead administrator on school climate and culture issues, Schweitzer said.

Using disparate impact analysis it issued profoundly misguided policies on school discipline.

Most importantly, in 2014 it issued profoundly misguided policies on school discipline.

She recounts how the «zero tolerance» approach to school discipline of the 1990s was followed by the Obama administration's official guidance to schools on minimizing suspensions, issued in 2014, and notes

I may not be able to read the continually revised commandments on the barn wall much better than Boxer, but I'm pretty sure that issuing policies with respect to school discipline, special education, admissions, and transportation necessarily interfere with school operations.

Moving on to what people think about education and schools, Page said that overall, concern about education is drifting downwards and that it is actually pupil behaviour and discipline that is the biggest issue (at 17 per cent) followed by funding (nine per cent) rather than standards and attainment.

As much as empirical challenges may seem to render this debate theoretical, it is a critical one for policy: the authority to issue federal guidance to schools on discipline disparities comes directly from administrative authority to enforce the Civil Rights Act, which requires either different treatment or disparate intent.

As Politico's Caitlin Emma notes, the Obama administration has already acted on such data, teaming up with the Department of Justice to issue guidance to deter schools from bias in how they administer school discipline.

School discipline, an on - again, off - again issue that is dear to the Administration, has begun to creep back into the bureaucratic machinery and could soon start making headlines, as it did briefly last year.

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 administration has also revoked rules and guidance dealing with other issues, including Obama - era protections for transgender students, and it is in the process of reviewing guidance aimed at preventing discriminatory school discipline on which, in testimony before Congress, DeVos said she would «defer to the judgment of state and local officials.»

But an article in the Winter 2017 issue of Education Next warns that there is not yet much rigorous evidence on new approaches to school discipline.

Dunn argues that the Office of Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education has been using «disparate impact analysis» to issue profoundly misguided policies on school discipline and school finance.

He highlights a specific case of an incident in which a student is disciplined for throwing food in a school cafeteria, emphasizing of the role of the school's Student Justice Panel (SJP), a panel composed of student leaders to work on discipline issues, in resolving the issue.

The report, issued by the Government Accountability Office on Wednesday, is the first national governmental analysis of discipline policies since the Obama administration issued guidance in 2014 that urged schools to examine the disproportionate rates at which black students were being punished.

As schools around the country increasingly rely on police officers to provide protection, carry out suspicionless drug sweeps, and provide behavior support, many student discipline issues are being redefined as crimes.

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.

Today we will hear from Educators for Excellence (E4E) about teacher - led advocacy on school climate and discipline issues.

Dec. 12: The NYC Coalition for Educational Justice will host a Parent Power School event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school disciSchool event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school discischool funding, standardized testing and school discischool discipline.

SPOTLIGHT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE The winter edition of the AFT's American Educator magazine shines a spotlight on the issue of harsh, discriminatory school discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that support studentON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE The winter edition of the AFT's American Educator magazine shines a spotlight on the issue of harsh, discriminatory school discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that support stuSCHOOL DISCIPLINE The winter edition of the AFT's American Educator magazine shines a spotlight on the issue of harsh, discriminatory school discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that supportDISCIPLINE The winter edition of the AFT's American Educator magazine shines a spotlight on the issue of harsh, discriminatory school discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that support studenton the issue of harsh, discriminatory school discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that support stuschool discipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that supportdiscipline policies and the role that teachers can play in demanding and creating positive alternatives that support students.

«As more states rate schools based on how many of their students are chronically absent,» she writes, «policymakers must consider harsh discipline practices, an issue at the fore in...

The Knoxville Alliance also addressed the issue of eliminating systemic disparities in discipline and suspension based on race and other student characteristics in Knox County Schools.

Being part of the E4E - New York Teacher Policy Team on School Climate and Student Discipline, I had the opportunity to work with other passionate NYC educators in proposing recommendations to improve school discipline issues affecting our scSchool Climate and Student Discipline, I had the opportunity to work with other passionate NYC educators in proposing recommendations to improve school discipline issues affecting our scschool discipline issues affecting our schools.

NEW YORK CITY - Dec. 12: The NYC Coalition for Educational Justice will host a Parent Power School event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school disciSchool event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school discischool funding, standardized testing and school discischool discipline.

Dec. 12: The Coalition for Educational Justice will host a Parent Power School event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school disciSchool event to explore the impact of race on education policy issues like school funding, standardized testing and school discischool funding, standardized testing and school discischool discipline.

NEW YORK CITY The fall issue of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform's Voices in Urban Education is chock - full of powerful essays reflecting on disparities in school discipline and highlighting efforts to reform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and ChSchool Reform's Voices in Urban Education is chock - full of powerful essays reflecting on disparities in school discipline and highlighting efforts to reform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and Chschool discipline and highlighting efforts to reform discipline practices in cities like Denver, Nashville, Oakland and Chicago.

In 2014, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice issued guidance to assist public schools with administering student discipline without discriminating on the basis of race, color, or national origin.

That 2014 civil rights guidance — jointly issued by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice — put schools on notice that they may be found in violation of federal civil rights laws if they enforce intentially discriminatory rules or if their policies lead to disproportionately higher rates of discipline for students in one racial group, even if those policies were written without discriminatory intent.

Participants discussed how schools can improve their climate and culture, with a focus on supporting non-punitive discipline strategies like restorative justice, which help schools peacefully address conflict and behavioral issues without removing students from classrooms or schools.

Let's also keep requirements around reporting from the states, especially on the critical issue of school discipline.

Pupils are also given an opportunity to comment on similar issues, while teachers are asked about the quality of school leadership, discipline and the expectations held for pupils.

Likewise, issues surrounding school discipline loom large, with middle - class standards of behavior and decorum recast as a form of cultural hegemony imposed by well - off, mainly white parents intent on remaining in control.

Not only is there peace, but at times charter schools and District schools intermingle, cooperating or collaborating on issues such as common enrollment and discipline.

>> I'm also wondering, Dan, what your thoughts are on adopting new policies or what's federal or state or local barriers should be removed in effort to improve school climate, to help with school discipline issue.

In recent years, there has been increased emphasis on the need for policies and programs to address the issue of discipline in schools.

Data from WINGS» programs in Charleston, S.C., also shows notable positive impact on students» chronic absenteeism and discipline referrals — two key issues that prevent young people from succeeding in school and can lead to a higher likelihood of dropping out of high school.

FAMILIES FOR EXCELLENT SCHOOLS FIRST MADE an issue of school safety in February, shortly after the New York Times reported on controversial student discipline practices at Success Academy, the city's largest charter network, which maintains close ties to FES.

The Advancement Project and Dignity in Schools Campaign have developed a tool - kit for groups working on school - to - prison pipeline issues, and in particular, working to retain the Obama package of guidances on school discipline, which Betsy DeVos is proposing to rescind.

That many in the school reform movement have either been reluctant or outright hostile about working with Black Lives Matter and criminal justice reform activists on addressing issues that are tied to schools (including overuse of harsh school discipline and the penchant of traditional districts to refer children to juvenile courts), has also made it easy for NEA and AFT to win over some activists.

Meanwhile Trump's ascent into the White House bodes ill for one of the Obama Administration's most - admirable efforts: Holding districts accountable for overusing out - of - school suspensions and other harsh school discipline that put poor and minority children onto the school - to - prison pipeline, an important issue both on the education and criminal justice reform fronts.

Some schools, such as Hillhouse High School, have deans of discipline to allow administrators to focus on higher - level issues.

Meanwhile a video released last month by the American Civil Liberties Union showing a Kenton County, Ky., school police officer handcuffing an eight - year - old kid in special ed once again cast light on how American public education has escalated overuse of harsh discipline by using law enforcement to deal with behavioral issues that should be handled by teachers and school leaders.

«The U.S. DOE in collaboration with the U.S. DOJ has already issued «best practice» guidance for reducing disparities in school discipline on the basis of race, color, sex and disability,» Wojnaroski wrote in her reply.

The panelists shared a few ideas for fellow reporters on how they got access to schools and students to cover discipline issues:

Traditionally, the AP was most often delegated to handling bus routes and discipline issues, but as the need for new principals increases, APs are being tapped to take on school leadership roles with fewer years experience as teachers or in administrative roles.

In October 2013, DSC released a new revised version of the Model Code, which includes new sections on: social and emotional learning, prevention and response to bullying behavior, reducing tickets and summonses issued in school, reducing racial disparities in discipline through culturally responsive classroom management, creating safe schools for LGBTQ students and other topics.

As you would expect, Eva Moskowitz didn't take kindly to the clarification issued by PBS yesterday about John Merrow's broadcast on the harsh school discipline practices of her Success Academy collection of charter schools.