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.
He also
touched on the ways that the
policies that have been informing
school discipline, such as suspending children for truancy, are nonsensical, and that the
policies are often more about slogans that poll well (such as zero tolerance) than what makes the most sense for our
schools.