Sentences with phrase «use of exclusionary discipline»

V. States and LEAs improve data collection and reporting to parents and the public on student achievement and gap - closing, course - completion, graduation rates, school climate indicators (including decreases in use of exclusionary discipline practices, use of police in schools, and student referrals to law enforcement), opportunity measures (including pre-K and technology), and per - pupil expenditures.
This is the first study to show that programs like MTP - S that focus on teacher - student interactions in a sustained manner using a rigorous approach can actually reduce the disproportionate use of exclusionary discipline with African American students.
Heavy use of exclusionary discipline has negative consequences for individual students as well as schools.
Indeed, while these phenomena hold true regardless of race, Pinellas» disproportionate use of exclusionary discipline measures on black students undoubtedly contributes to the double - digit achievement gap.
Effective remedies to improve instruction, learning and school climate (including, e.g., decreases in bullying and harassment, use of exclusionary discipline practices, use of police in schools, and student referrals to law enforcement) for students enrolled are implemented in any school where the school as a whole, or any subgroup of students, has not met the annual achievement and graduation targets or where achievement gaps persist.
Williams says many believe that ultimately this use of exclusionary discipline pushed children out of the schools.
The Appendix lists many recommendations for policy and practice, with the general theme of reducing the use of exclusionary discipline (suspension and expulsion) and providing discipline through positive approaches.
Because the Civil Rights Data Collection quantifies the use of exclusionary discipline, it becomes a salient metric for researchers, advocates, and policymakers — but on its own, it does not paint a complete picture of a school's approach to discipline or, more importantly, its overall climate.
In particular, schools will need to adopt alternative practices, rather than eliminating or dramatically reducing the use of exclusionary discipline in a policy void.
And policymakers who want to see reductions in the use of exclusionary discipline — and improvements in the more fundamental problems for which it can be a symptom — should consider the importance of real resources, both for generating a robust evidence base and helping districts act on it.
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 approaches.
I contend that school discipline reformers in general, and the Obama team in particular, were cavalier in calling on U.S. schools to cut the use of exclusionary discipline without identifying major resources to help them do so.
As of May 2015, 22 states and the District of Columbia had revised their laws in order to require or encourage schools to: limit the use of exclusionary discipline practices; implement supportive (that is, nonpunitive) discipline strategies that rely on behavioral interventions; and provide support services such as counseling, dropout prevention, and guidance services for at - risk students.
We don't know whether the use of exclusionary discipline causes school climates to deteriorate, or if administrators respond to unruly climates by clamping down on school discipline.
While little impact - evaluation research exists on the efficacy of early - warning indicator systems in reducing the use of exclusionary discipline, implementation research suggests that if early - warning systems are not paired with a behavioral - support approach, they are unlikely to be effective.
A clear example of an issue that is a problem in some places is use of exclusionary discipline; an issue I have spent most of my adult life addressing as a researcher and advocate.
As teachers, we are encouraged by the steps being taken by our district, New Haven Public Schools (NHPS), which have led to a reduction in the use of exclusionary discipline practices since the 2008 - 09 school year.
You have had educators who for so many years may not have been trained to manage classrooms without the use of exclusionary discipline, and have become reliant on their ability to send children out of the classroom.»
The current study tests whether a professional development program with these three characteristics helped change teachers» use of exclusionary discipline practices — especially with their African American students.
Instead, schools took a cue from the 1970s War on Drugs with its zero - tolerance approach, he said, and dramatically expanded the use of exclusionary discipline — taking students out of their everyday educational settings — with unanticipated outcomes.
Instead, children with behavioral health conditions are often marginalized through the use of exclusionary discipline policies that disrupt their education.
In order to move toward a more equitable system, Pinellas must abandon its use of exclusionary discipline practices.
A progressive discipline policy that limits the use of exclusionary discipline practices and encourages all schools to respond to misbehavior using supportive, restorative discipline practices to promote social and emotional development.The result of this policy shift and accompanying professional development efforts has been a dramatic decrease in suspensions and expulsions and an increase in the use of instructive, corrective, and restorative responses to misconduct.
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