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When Jonathan Brice was hired to tackle school discipline reform in the Baltimore public schools in 2008, about one in five students was being suspended out of school in the 85,000 - student district each year.

A study by the University of Pennsylvania's Matthew Steinberg and Mathematica's Johanna Lacoe, and published by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, also found a differential response to school discipline reforms in Philadelphia, with high - poverty schools mostly ignoring the district's new policy and / or suspending even more students for serious infractions.

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Suitably reformed theological teaching will be able to hold together schooling in critical, disciplined research and schooling for professional ministry, but only indirectly.

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.

Pressure ramped up in recent days as City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito announced that the Council would be stepping in to initiate school discipline reform during her State of the City address on Wednesday.

«AISD officials had to struggle with the competing agendas of numerous outside partners such as Austin's business leaders, the «First Things First» program of the Institute for Research and Reform in Education, the University of Pittsburgh Institute for Learning's work in «Disciplined Literacy,» the Dana Center for Mathematics at the University of Texas, the Gates and Dell Foundations, and other organizations... As one upset veteran high school teacher put it: «We're getting this academy, and then... we're going to do this and that....

Efforts to keep children from dropping out of school must begin in the middle grades, a new report advises, and should include school - based reforms that enhance achievement, promote self - esteem, and provide personalized, rather than punitive, discipline.

In a new article for Education Next, Matthew Steinberg of the Penn Graduate School of Education and Johanna Lacoe of Mathematica Policy Research document the scope of discipline policy reform taking place across states and districts nationwide.

«Clearly, there is a great need for rigorous evaluation research, which should focus both on the impact of school discipline reforms and on their potential unintended consequences,» the authors note, emphasizing that reducing suspensions is a starting point in effective school discipline reform but that changing school culture can have «spillover» effects on teachers and peers which raise important questions for further study.

A five - year study by the University of Wisconsin's Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools found that structural school reform only works when (1) students are engaged in activities that build on prior knowledge and allow them to apply that knowledge to new situations, (2) students use disciplined inquiry, and (3) school activities have value beyond school.

The CPRE study noted school personnel systematically reported lack of staffing and space as key barriers to implementing the discipline reform — when they needed to remove students from the classroom but lacked staffing and space for in - school options, they continued to rely on out - of - school suspension.

Two recent studies of discipline reform in Philadelphia point to the importance of school context in implementing a district - mandated discipline reform, and to the importance of evaluating implementation alongside outcomes.

In any case, the Philadelphia results point to the importance of looking at a range of outcomes beyond discipline rates by race, and to allowing for heterogeneity at the school level when studying district - level reforms.

In a new study, Steinberg and Lacoe use data from Philadelphia schools, relative to counterparts elsewhere in Pennsylvania over the same time period, to study a 2012 district reform restricting the use of exclusionary discipline and emphasizing positive approacheIn a new study, Steinberg and Lacoe use data from Philadelphia schools, relative to counterparts elsewhere in Pennsylvania over the same time period, to study a 2012 district reform restricting the use of exclusionary discipline and emphasizing positive approachein Pennsylvania over the same time period, to study a 2012 district reform restricting the use of exclusionary discipline and emphasizing positive approaches.

In a series of essays, Michael Petrilli has raised concerns that applying disparate impact theory to school - discipline reform is an unsound overreach by the federal government and will cause chaos in the classrooIn a series of essays, Michael Petrilli has raised concerns that applying disparate impact theory to school - discipline reform is an unsound overreach by the federal government and will cause chaos in the classrooin the classroom.

In school reform, though, I sometimes think we suffer from a curious malady: too much passion — and a shortage of disciplined professionalism.

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.

Just as the education - reform movement is starting to figure out how to use test - score data in a more sophisticated way, the Obama administration and its allies in the civil - rights community want to take us back to the Stone Age on the use of school - discipline data.

program thus explicitly recognizes that superintendents, state education policymakers, nonprofit advocates of school reform, and even private investors are all involved in enhancing education — and that the leaders in each sector need to master multiple skills and disciplines, not just education content.

Now we can add school discipline reform — especially as it relates to the federal role in civil rights enforcement — to the list.

AFC also advocates for systemic reform with respect to school discipline and the role of New York Police Department personnel in schools.

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.

School discipline reform has been a topic for debate at PIE Network convenings for the past several years, and should remain so in the future.

Note: School discipline reform has been the subject of several articles by Mike Petrilli in recent weeks.

A recent report from Max Eden of the Manhattan Institute analyzed survey data from New York City and concluded that discipline reform may be contributing to a deterioration in school climate.

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.

Effective schools are characterized by explicit, agreed - upon academic goals for all children; a strong focus on academics; order and discipline in the classroom; maximum time on learning tasks; and frequent evaluations of student performance — all principles repudiated by the Disney school and also by many «new» education reforms.

Council of State Governments Justice Center released a school discipline publication that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

that documents how five states — CA, CT, IL, NC, and TN — reduced their reliance on suspensions and encourages policymakers and education leaders everywhere to take the critical steps needed to move toward a more comprehensive vision of school discipline reform — one that ensures efforts to limit disciplinary removals also foster supportive learning environments that keep all students engaged in school and improve student outcomes.

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.

Restorative justice interventions or other discipline reforms may prove to be successful alternatives to out - of - school suspensions; however, their efficacy has not yet been evaluated in rigorously designed evaluations.

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.

If you want to get a better sense of the shoddiness of the arguments of opponents of school discipline reform, especially when it comes to the Department of Education's guidance on reducing the overuse of harsh school discipline, simply look at the traditional districts represented in Congress by Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, who this morning, complained that the four - year - old Dear Colleague letter made school leaders «afraid» to discipline children in their care.

After several congressional leaders — most notably Rep. Barbara Lee of California — roasted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos for continuing to weaken the department's Office for Civil Rights and effectively abandoning the federal role in protecting the civil rights of poor and minority children, Harris essentially encouraged DeVos (along with the planned commission on school safety over which she will be chairing) to toss the school discipline reform measure into the ashbin.

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This has included issuing guidance that effectively stops Office for Civil Rights investigators from looking at three years of past complaints to prove that a district or other school operators has engaged in systematic overspending of Black, Latino, and Native children, as well as the hiring of Hans Bader, a vocal opponent of school discipline reform.

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As state superintendent, I will support safety and discipline for every school in Wisconsin, empowering superintendents and principals with the support they need, which will include traveling teams who will participate in the collaborative reform efforts.»

The data on the shortcomings of zero - tolerance discipline is clear and overwhelming, and with increasing regularity and in increasing numbers school districts and states are responding to calls for reform.

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

As such, all the elementary schools in his district have the same curriculum driven by the same comprehensive school reform model; the same school environment and discipline policy; and the same way of using Title I and other federal budget dollars.

West Virginia and Philadelphia provide examples of how cooperation between state boards, local law enforcement officials, the mental health community, and educators can lead to success in school discipline policy reform.

On January 30, 2018, the senior policy analyst for K - 12 Education, Erin Roth, provided testimony before the D.C. Council in support of the goals of the Student Fair Access to School Act and the need for discipline reform.

We'll talk about some local efforts, local successes in school discipline reform and school policy reform, and some of the challenges to implementation.»

In that report, Eden concludes that the school discipline reform efforts by Bloomberg, de Blasio and their respective chancellors have led to traditional district schools in the Big Apple becoming less safe for teachers and childreIn that report, Eden concludes that the school discipline reform efforts by Bloomberg, de Blasio and their respective chancellors have led to traditional district schools in the Big Apple becoming less safe for teachers and childrein the Big Apple becoming less safe for teachers and children.

The clinic offers students the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of educational rights and reform work, including direct representation of youth and families in special education and school discipline matters, community outreach and education, school reform litigation, and / or policy research and advocacy.