This is a press release to accompany the passing of a bill package to revise the state
school discipline code.
In order to get a fresh look at
the school discipline code, imagine your first day of high school, sitting in the «Welcoming Assembly for Freshmen.»
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.
Tools for Teaching: Instruction Meets Discipline While
school discipline codes focus on large infractions, discipline management within the classroom is dominated by continuous small disruptions.
Tools for Teaching: The School Discipline Code The logic of
all school discipline codes is timeless: «The punishment fits the crime.»
Not exact matches
Michelle Zdrodowski, a spokeswoman for Detroit Public
Schools, said Campbell will be
disciplined internally according to the student
code of conduct.
This division also oversees athletics and extra-curricular activities, student disciplinary tribunals, truancy, the student
discipline code,
school reassignment, homeless student services and after
school programs.
They are calling on the governor to hold Success Academy, and by extension all charter
schools, accountable by supporting a state Assembly proposal to create a
code of conduct for charters and to have
schools provide annual
discipline reports.
The Ethical Community Charter
School in Bedford - Stuyvesant and the the Fahari Academy Charter
School in Flatbush have both under - performed on state English and math exams and had problems with their
discipline codes.
According to the complaint, the
school's rigid
discipline code was enforced on students without regard to their special - needs status, and students with special needs were expected to behave exactly as other students.
Bloomberg announced his revamped
discipline code in 2002, at a time when crimes in
schools were increasing across the board.
Many education reform advocates have not fully embraced the phrase, which is often used by critics of charter
schools that promote strict, zero - tolerance
discipline codes.
Modifications to the
discipline code by Mayor de Blasio will ban the use of suspensions in kindergarten through second grade and create the city's first formal protocols for adding and removing metal detectors from
schools.
Students who attempt to access inappropriate materials are
disciplined according to the
school code and our AUP.»
When districts react to OCR threats by choosing not to enforce their
discipline codes in high - poverty, high - minority
schools, it's the well behaving poor kids who suffer «disparate impact.»
They were tuition - free, and like great faith - based
schools, they often focused on important non-cognitive skills like
discipline and grit and taught a similar moral
code of conduct — though a secularized version.
Most
schools, particularly high
schools, lack any
discipline management program except for a «
discipline code» that lists a hierarchy of consequences.
While Yes Prep's fondness for project learning was highlighted, much of Edutopia's coverage focused on how to re-create the
school's college - bound culture and tough - love
discipline code.
Deloras and Thomas Whitt, who are Southern Baptists, object to the law requiring parents to review the
school's
discipline code with their children, according to their lawyer, Dean Whitford.
In contrast to progressive charters in suburban areas, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress
codes, rigorous
discipline, extended
school days and
school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.
Perhaps it was coincidence, but New York City seems to have gotten the message of the Civil Rights Project (CRP) about
discipline and has revised its student
code of conduct to help keep kids in
school.
While
school officials «must consult the Disciplinary
Code when determining which disciplinary measure to impose,» they also are required to consider «the student's age, maturity, and previous disciplinary record... the circumstances surrounding the incident leading to the
discipline; and the student's IEP, BIP and 504 Accommodation Plan.»
The State entity will ensure that charter
schools and local educational agencies serving charter
schools post on their websites materials with respect to charter
school student recruitment, student orientation, enrollment criteria, student
discipline policies, behavior
codes, and parent contract requirements, including any financial obligations (such as fees for tutoring or extracurricular activity).
Connect to mandates such as whole child, bullying prevention and response,
discipline and
codes of conduct, substance abuse, comprehensive
school health, and positive
school culture and climate.
In contrast to charters in suburban areas, which tend toward a progressive pedagogy, central - city charters typically embrace the «no - excuses» model of teaching and learning, emphasizing strict dress
codes, rigorous
discipline, extended
school days and
school years, and high expectations for performance on standardized tests.
Or Chicago, where a 2015 study found that changes to its
discipline code were associated with a decline in student and teacher perceptions of
school safety.
Districts (and charter
schools) will simply decide that enforcing any
discipline code is too risky.
Code of Conduct; Documentation of Positive, Restorative and Non-Exclusionary
Discipline Plan; Evidence of equal implementation of
school discipline across student sub-groups; Evidence of learning resources for suspended students.
In
schools, the analog to such policies is a «zero tolerance»
discipline code, in which
school officials crack down on even «low level» offenses such as defiance, minor physical contact, and inappropriate language, because of the potential consequences of such behavior on other students and their learning.
Roxbury Prep is known for its strict
discipline, including mandatory uniforms of blue shirts and khaki pants; long
school days lasting eight hours or more; and a firm
code of conduct that forbids things such as speaking in the hallways.
Schools of choice can make their
discipline codes clear to incoming families (and teachers); those who find the approach too strict can go elsewhere.
It consolidates back office work, creates a leadership pipeline, and establishes a common curriculum,
discipline code and
school culture.
At three
schools, 60 REAL HARD youth institutionalized a
Code of Respect as an alternative to punitive
discipline by engaging 3,835 peers to establish shared values that establish supportive and engaged learning environments.
Oakland Kids First accomplishments include winning: a Meaningful Student Engagement policy and office within OUSD (2006); an increase in funding from 2.5 % to 3.0 % for OFCY (2008); a
Code of Respect policy reforming
discipline at three sites (2013), and a number of other victories that improved retention rates, lowered suspensions and fostered greater connections to
school.
By age 23, Delhagen was part of a group of young teachers starting a high
school in a chain of so - called «no excuses» charters, with a rigorous
discipline code and high academic standards geared toward passing standardized tests.
The legislation allows entire
school districts with at least an acceptable accountability rating to decide, via their district - level site - based decision - making committees and the
school board, to be exempt from major provisions of the Education
Code, including teacher rights and benefits, student
discipline laws, parent rights and more.
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Schools have established a thorough written
code of conduct and a comprehensive student
discipline action plan that outlines rules and behavioral expectations, appropriate interventions, and consequences for infractions.
This has the practical effect of making it difficult to
discipline students for minor and major infractions of the
school's
code of conduct.
Last month, the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. attorney general's office released national guidelines on student
discipline codes, acknowledging many urban
school districts» zero - tolerance policies have created
school - to - prison pipelines.
Skeptic — Charter
schools can elect to use Ed
Code suspension and expulsion provisions or adopt other
discipline policies.
Potter points to the Blackstone Valley Prep
schools in Rhode Island as an example of a program that has managed to create integrated
schools while also embracing more structure than progressive
schools like Bricolage, including uniforms, a longer
school day and a strict
discipline code.
It has long been suspected that high attrition in the «no excuses» charters results in part from
codes of
discipline that rely heavily on excluding students for what public
schools would consider to be minor infractions.
She also describes
school districts that have revised their
discipline codes, developing alternatives to zero tolerance in the form of positive support and interventions.
The
schools adopted a rigorous curriculum, supported by strong
discipline codes and professional development.
Ensure
school rules are uniformly observed and that student
discipline is appropriate and equitable in accordance with Student
Code of Conduct and Parent Student handbook.
Add the Madison Metropolitan
School District to the ranks of districts nationwide that are backing away from get - tough
discipline codes that push struggling minority students out of the classroom.
But statistics showing African - American students in the district were eight times more likely to get an out - of -
school suspension than white students last year raises questions about whether the
discipline code works against efforts to close the achievement gap.
There are fewer reasons a student can be suspended or expelled from a Madison
school, under an overhaul of the School District's discipline
school, under an overhaul of the
School District's discipline
School District's
discipline code.
We've invited our elected officials to join us, and John Simmons and Antwan WIlson, senior staff at Denver Public
Schools, will also be there to speak about the results that they've seen in Denver as a result of their revisions to the
discipline code and increased emphasis on transparency and reporting.
And yes I would recommend this
school to others but the
school really needs to improve their
discipline dress
code and health because I would give them and F because we have rats, roaches, bed bugs, and etc..