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Supporters of the guidance welcome US ED taking a closer look at the potentially discriminatory impact of school discipline policies on students of color and / or on students with disabilities.

The Children's Defense Fund has been highlighting the disparate impact of school discipline policies on children of color and poor children since the publication of our 1975 report, School Suspensions: Are They Helping Children?

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It strikes me as a dangerous exaggeration that may seem to justify a differentiation in the pedagogies and the social policies that are enacted or applied within such neighborhoods, with greater emphasis on rigid discipline than on the informality and intellectual expansiveness that are familiar in the better schools that educate the children of rich people.

Many schools are still focused primarily on punitive discipline policies, like «zero - tolerance,» which rely on suspending and expelling students for disruptive behavior.

In his campaign literature, Lasher says, «We have seen a disturbing rise in school discipline policies that rely on fear and shame; are used to push students out of schools, either directly or indirectly; are too often implemented in racially disparate ways; and which can be the starting point for the school - to - prison pipeline that has contributed to the mass incarceration of young men of color.»

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.

Our student policy will only cover the discipline you are in school for on the day your coverage begins.

De Blasio has pledged to maintain Bloomberg's focus on closing the achievement gap, but his education agenda has revised the means: turnarounds instead of closures, heavy emphasis on addressing the «root causes» of K — 12 underperformance through pre-kindergarten education and social services, less antagonistic relations with the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), and more - relaxed school - discipline policies.

To prepare for his new role as school disciplinarian, Lester studied the districts discipline policy and relied on personal experience.

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

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

The departments, citing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, gave the school districts «guidance on how to identify, avoid, and remedy discriminatory discipline,» telling them they risked legal action if school disciplinary policies had «a disparate impact, i.e., a disproportionate and unjustified effect on students of a particular race.»

Working with HGSE students, she has developed case studies focusing on particular dilemmas of justice in schools and school districts like ethics of grade inflation, eighth - grade promotion and retention policies, lottery - based school assignment, disciplining socially fragile children, and teacher firings.

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.

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.

We add to this discussion our findings that the legal understandings underlying school discipline policies depart in significant ways from the case law on which they are assumed to be based, according expansive rights and protections to students, even as the courts have tended to side with school authorities.

«To understand the second incident,» Wagner told Education World, «you have to understand our school's discipline policy, which is based on a color system.»

I have no doubt the debate over school discipline will carry on, but a call for the equal application of discipline policies doesn't have to mean schools can't discipline students at all.

Finally, the letter contains a significant appendix of «illustrative» specific suggestions for policy and practice that could serve to help states and districts avoid violations, urging schools to reduce the use of suspension and other forms of exclusionary discipline, focusing instead on positive approaches.

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).

This was just the opening round of what is likely to be a long series of acrimonious debates over policy at the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, on topics including sexual harassment, affirmative action, instruction of English language learners and school discipline — even on who might head the agency.

Matthew P. Steinberg joined Marty West on the EdNext Podcast to discuss school discipline policies.

With further research focused on these key questions, we may come to better understand the implications of discipline policy reforms — how they affect suspension use, and also how they change school climate; interactions among students, peers, and teachers; and the academic performance of all students.

Two school bus discipline policies available on the Web might serve as effective models.

guidelines and programs for in - service education programs for all district staff members to ensure effective implementation of school policy on school conduct and discipline

guidelines and programs for in - service education programs for all district staff members to ensure effective implementation of school policy on school conduct and discipline, including but not limited to, guidelines on promoting a safe and supportive school climate while discouraging, among other things, harassment, bullying and discrimination against students by students and / or school employees; and including safe and supportive school climate concepts in the curriculum and classroom management; and

I totally understand and respect why many members of PIE Network would speak up in support of the Obama - era policy on school discipline reform.

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.

As someone who wants the Obama - era policy on school discipline revised or rescinded, I very much hope we'll see action on this front in 2018.

In a recent speech, Hillary Clinton embraced the Obama administration's efforts to reform school discipline policies that rely heavily on suspension and expulsion, noting that these policies disproportionately affect black students.

4) A majority of people oppose the federal government's new policy on 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.

In 2014, the Obama administration released guidelines calling on schools to rethink zero - tolerance policies and end racial disparities in school discipline.

The bill requires districts to establish a policy on school discipline that contains the specific basis for in - school suspensions, short term out - of - school suspensions, long term out - of - school suspensions and expulsions, and the maximum length of long term suspensions.

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.

It's time to get cops out of our schools and to demand discipline policies that are based on principles of nonviolence and restorative justice.

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.

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.

Relationships over discipline: The school's emphasis on relationships permeates every aspect of the school, from its discipline policies to the staff's interaction with parents.

4) There are a wide variety of policies and practices among charter schools, on everything from discipline to uniforms (or no uniforms), curricular approaches, and school culture.

Over the next ten years, she worked on a number of programs for KDE, culminating with the Kentucky Instructional Discipline and Support (K.I.D.S) project, a statewide initiative to help schools and districts develop positive, proactive, and instructional discipline policies.

Last month, an opinion piece on Bloomberg.com encouraged the DoE to withdraw their guidance and let schools and districts manage their discipline policies without oversight — despite clear evidence that prior to the 2014 guidance, African American students and other groups were (and in many cases still are) more likely to receive heavier punishment for the same offenses than white students, and to be suspended at a higher rate.

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.

Their second year of funding will allow for 1) the creation of a cohort of teachers that will examine discipline data and develop policies and strategies that address trends and disparities; 2) the creation of a cohort of 65 students that will learn about discipline disparities, the school to prison pipe, and will develop advocacy skills in order to tell their stories, 3) opportunities for both groups to inform and shape MNPS policies on student discipline.

The report reviews data and research on student absences — finding that unexpected factors such as unstable housing, fear of bullying, and punitive school discipline policies as well as health conditions such as hunger,...

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.

Researchers were careful not to draw conclusions, but they highlighted a correlation to practices such as a longer school day, performance pay for teachers, more time spent on English and effective discipline policies.

E4E teachers have spoken out clearly on school climate and discipline disparities and authored the following policy papers with original research and solutions: