Sentences with phrase «tolerance discipline codes»

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.

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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.

Won the replacement of Zero Tolerance language with Restorative Justice language in CPS discipline code through informal coalition of restorative justice advocates citywide in 2007.

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.

She also describes school districts that have revised their discipline codes, developing alternatives to zero tolerance in the form of positive support and interventions.

Concerned about the high numbers of student suspensions, state school board members are proposing an overhaul of discipline codes that would move away from zero - tolerance policies.

The no - excuses logic of high expectations has translated into zero - tolerance policies and stricter — often racially coded — discipline practices.

In states like California where zero - tolerance discipline policies are enforced, they've been handing out more suspensions than diplomas every year.2 And students are not being suspended for school safety issues; on the contrary, close to half of the suspensions were for «willful defiance,» which can include things like disrespectful behavior or dress code violations.