Sentences with phrase «punitive discipline practices»

We must start by addressing the trauma impacting many of our neighborhoods, the social - emotional health of our students, and the overly punitive discipline practices in our schools.

Research has yet to provide us with the national - level data that demonstrate the extent of the ineffectiveness of punitive discipline practices.

OUSD's current efforts to reduce suspension disproportionality and to move away from punitive discipline practices altogether stem, in part, from the results of a U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights investigation described in this article.

Safeguard against an increase in and work to reduce reliance on other punitive discipline practices such as expulsions, school - based arrests or placements in alternative schools;

Three strategies are emerging as promising alternatives to punitive discipline practices in schools:

-LSB-...] discipline has become the subject of one of the most polarizing and entrenched debates in education: Opponents of the Obama guidance argue that it has handicapped schools from ensuring schools are safe and productive learning environments; proponents assert the rules promote equity and prevent educators from resorting to punitive discipline practices that are ineffective at best and pernicious at worst.

Another alarming trend is that students of color or those with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to punitive discipline practices, 2, 8 which the U.S. Department of Education has recognized as a civil rights violation.

Our schools contribute to these conditions when we respond to student misbehaviors and acts of defiance with exclusionary and punitive discipline practices.

Yet, in our public schools serving students of color and low - income students, classrooms are overcrowded and lack adequate resources, students and teachers face degrading environments, and schools use harsh, punitive discipline practices that deny students the opportunity to learn.

Research has yet to provide us with the national - level data that demonstrate the extent of the ineffectiveness of punitive discipline practices.

Another alarming trend is that students of color or those with disabilities are disproportionately subjected to punitive discipline practices, 2, 8 which the U.S. Department of Education has recognized as a civil rights violation.

Perhaps you think these harsh, punitive discipline practices are a relic of a past, something we now only see in old movies or on episodes of The Simpsons.

Three strategies are emerging as promising alternatives to punitive discipline practices in schools: