Sentences with phrase «reform discipline practices»

The American Federation of Teachers also took action following the death of 25 - year - old Freddie Gray, forming a Racial Equity Task Force to outline how the union could move schools away from zero - tolerance policies, reform discipline practices, and create more supportive environments for youth, especially young black men.

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 Chicago.

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Wesley and his early followers similarly sought to reform the Anglican Church from within through eucharistic practice, the pursuit of holiness within disciplined small groups, and ministry for and with the poor and dispossessed.

The Department of Education announced a series of long - awaited reforms to the school discipline code on Friday, including new policies aimed at lowering suspension rates, and new funding to support restorative justices practices and students in the criminal justice system.

The one unambiguous, reform - driven victory of the last two decades has been the successful networks of urban charter schools that we used to call «no excuses» schools before the term, which once meant there's no excuse for adults to fail children, fell into disrepute and it became de rigueur within the movement to criticize those schools» discipline practices instead of applauding them for sending tens of thousands of low - income kids of color to college, which not long ago was nearly the entire point of the movement.

In their review piece, Steinberg and Lacoe conclude there is insufficient evidence to determine the efficacy of common practices and policies proposed in discipline reforms, in large part because they have been implemented so recently.

Wrapping these ideologically charged reforms into an expert national «consensus,» though, forces those who have concerns about these strategies to look askance at the SEL agenda — when it might instead make clear that there's room in the SEL coalition for those with diverse views on school discipline and instructional practice.

The complex challenges facing 21st - century education require researchers who can collect and analyze information from multiple academic disciplines — economics, biology, psychology, the arts, history, and more — and translate those findings into transformative ideas for education policy reform and practice.

Second, Black argues, although the Bloomberg piece touches on a truth by asserting that simply stopping or limiting suspensions can harm students» education, this occurs when a school does not at the same time reform its discipline policies based on positive behavioral support and programs based in restorative practices.

Reform of school discipline to reduce exclusionary practices and foster positive social, behavioral, emotional, and academic success for students;

However, the Philadelphia district's implementation of discipline reform underscores the importance of providing proper support and training to effectively implement new policies and practices so that they have their intended effect.

Investments in school districts, Clinton said, will help leaders reform their school discipline practices.