Not exact matches
Now is the time for New York State to take action to address the damage being
done by out - of - touch
school discipline policies.
De Blasio's
school discipline overhaul is drawing fire from the teachers union and parents who say the city hasn't
done enough to back up the new
policies that prompted a huge drop in student suspensions.
But just as «active policing» has made our cities dramatically safer, more vigorous
discipline policies have
done the same for our
schools.
Although all
schools have behavioural
policies that promote self -
discipline and respect, the real world doesn't always follow the rule book; bad behaviour is inevitable.
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.
It can also mean finding something that a
school can
do to create a better
discipline policy for their students.
Zero - tolerance
discipline policies don't improve
school achievement or teach a lesson to the offender; they contribute to the «pipeline to prison» by pushing students out of
school.
A get - tough attitude prevailed among educators in the 1980s and 1990s, but research shows that zero - tolerance
policies don't make
schools safer and lead to disproportionate
discipline for students of color.
Both traditional and charter
schools need to change
discipline policies to ensure practices
do not lead to discrimination of students with disabilities.
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.
Nothing is stopping them from setting up private academies — but they not only want public money they actually want to shift money from public
schools to their «public» charter academies... public except for the fact that they violate the most fundamental issues of Brown vs. Board of Education, they have not unions, they have
discipline policies that are draconian and the out - migrate anyone who doesn't meet their criteria.
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.
Larry: What Federal and / or state
policy changes
do you think would
do the most to ensure continued progress in creating supportive
school discipline and fostering equity in our
schools?
In the third report, REL reviewed individual districts»
discipline policies and procedures and described how each aligns or
does not align with recommended best practices and Oregon
school discipline policies.
They printed a list of 13 concerns, including, «We are learning material that we already learned in middle
school» and «We want a
discipline policy that doesn't suspend kids for every little thing.»
Recently, Chicago's two major newspapers made it very clear that charter
schools can be very problematic and
do not provide better academic results to justify additional millions of dollars that could be directed towards struggling neighborhood public
schools («Chicago's Noble charter
school network has tough
discipline policy; critics say too many students are being expelled,» Chicago Tribune, 4/7/14; «Charter
schools show little difference in
school performance,» Chicago Sun - Times, 4/7/14).
Recently, Chicago's two major newspapers made it very clear that charter
schools can be very problematic and
do not provide better academic results to justify additional millions of dollars that could be directed towards struggling neighborhood public
schools («Chicago's Noble charter
school network has tough
discipline policy; critics say too many students are being expelled,»
Does your
school have a «zero tolerance»
discipline policy?
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: The Atlantic: The Push for Harsher School Discipline After Parkland WSJ: Lawmakers Focus on Obama - Era Policies After Florida School Shooting VOSD: «Restorative Justice» Can Make Schools More Violent if Not Done Right AP: Armed security officers are on the rise in US schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX schools suspended thousands of younger students, repor
SCHOOL DISCIPLINE: The Atlantic: The Push for Harsher
School Discipline After Parkland WSJ: Lawmakers Focus on Obama - Era Policies After Florida School Shooting VOSD: «Restorative Justice» Can Make Schools More Violent if Not Done Right AP: Armed security officers are on the rise in US schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX schools suspended thousands of younger students, repor
School Discipline After Parkland WSJ: Lawmakers Focus on Obama - Era
Policies After Florida
School Shooting VOSD: «Restorative Justice» Can Make Schools More Violent if Not Done Right AP: Armed security officers are on the rise in US schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX schools suspended thousands of younger students, repor
School Shooting VOSD: «Restorative Justice» Can Make
Schools More Violent if Not Done Right AP: Armed security officers are on the rise in US schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX schools suspended thousands of younger students, repo
Schools More Violent if Not
Done Right AP: Armed security officers are on the rise in US
schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX schools suspended thousands of younger students, repo
schools [see also EdWeek] Texas Tribune: TX
schools suspended thousands of younger students, repo
schools suspended thousands of younger students, report says
Meanwhile Moskowitz has some explaining to
do on her end — and not just about Success» use of traditional
school discipline policies that are damaging to the futures of children.
In addition to finding a First Amendment violation for the
discipline, the court held the
school policy was void for vagueness because the terminology
did not allow the student to determine the nature of prohibited conduct in advance.
The
school district also posted a statement asserting that the walkouts were «memorial events to show support for fellow students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School» which were not «political in nature,» that «no one was disciplined for not participating,» and that policy requires they «do not leave students unattended in classrooms&r
school district also posted a statement asserting that the walkouts were «memorial events to show support for fellow students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School» which were not «political in nature,» that «no one was disciplined for not participating,» and that policy requires they «do not leave students unattended in classrooms&r
School» which were not «political in nature,» that «no one was
disciplined for not participating,» and that
policy requires they «
do not leave students unattended in classrooms»:
Meanwhile, the
school transitions to a restorative
discipline policy, and staff members learn how to use restorative interventions to address situations in which harm has been
done, creating an alternative to punitive
discipline.
Using security personnel or SROs primarily as a substitute for effective
discipline policies does not contribute to
school safety and can perpetuate the
school - to - prison pipeline.