Sentences with phrase «reduce classroom discipline»

Not only did the program improve communication with parents; it also helped reduce classroom discipline problems and improved student performance, Karr says.

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Meanwhile, discipline «reforms» are focused overwhelmingly on reducing punishments, often with little attention to the potential downside for learning in the classroom.

Positive Behavior Instructional Supports (PBIS)-- A research - based program that uses methods and approaches to discipline that reduce office referrals while increasing teaching and learning time in the classroom.

To create What We Know about Reducing Disproportionate Suspension Rates for Students of Color, a literature summary for the Oregon Leadership Network Research Alliance, we examined over 8,900 articles in search of evidence of school and classroom practices that can help reduce disproportionality in discipline referrals and suspensions for middle and high school students.

We like most of what we've seen since Cheatham took over, though the district's student discipline policy, aimed at reducing suspensions and expulsions, remains a concern if it increases classroom disruptions.

«I'm pleased to see that an active and assertive campaign from students, parents, and civil rights advocates has helped to reduce slightly the vast racially and disability - driven disparities in exclusionary discipline, but that progress means little to students who are needlessly pushed out of classrooms and denied their chances to learn.»

The ultimate goal of this moratorium is to reduce the reliance on all forms of exclusionary discipline and to replace them with best practices that support students, teachers and all members of the school community in creating safe and engaging classroom environments.

Strong teacher - student relationships not only reduce discipline problems, but they also connect behavior and decision making — both in and out of the classroom — to the curriculum (Wolk, 2002).

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.

The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center has released a new report, Realizing the Full Vision of School Discipline Reform: A Framework for Statewide Change, which documents how five states have reduced their reliance on suspensions while moving toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures that efforts to limit disciplinary removals from the classroom are combined with strategies to foster supportive learning environments.

These skills have been shown to reduce classroom problems such as misbehavior and aggression (PDF), and many schools have found that the program can help reduce discipline referrals.