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Exclusionary discipline policies refer to the removal, or 'exclusion,' of students from the classroom—typically in the form of suspensions or expulsions. The national emphasis on suspensions and other exclusionary policies has been partially attributed to the rise of zero-tolerance, as suspensions have become a favored method of punishing ...
PBIS has shown promise in reducing exclusionary discipline practices overall, but has not shown, on its own, to be effective at reducing the racial disparities in student discipline, and in some cases has even been shown to exacerbate the discrepancies by further reducing discipline referrals for White students, but not for students of color. [8]
The aim of discipline is to set limits restricting certain behaviors or attitudes that are seen as harmful or against school policies, educational norms, school traditions, etc. [1] The focus of discipline is shifting, and alternative approaches are emerging due to notably high dropout rates, disproportionate punishment upon minority students ...
MORA, 2002: 32). Thus, broader reforms such as increasing parental choice have been promoted as achieving more sustainable and equitable results. During the 1990s, a new school reform movement became extremely influential in the United States. This movement sought to shift the focus of reform from the educational system and process to the
Ubiquitous across trauma-informed education best-practice guidelines, and real-world implementation of trauma-informed education have been calls to reform policies for school disciplinary practice. [1] [13] [15] School disciplinary policies have often implemented zero-tolerance exclusionary practices as a response to student behavior. These ...
Between the fall of 2013 and late March 2016, Terry High School reported 53 arrests by school police officers, most for disorderly conduct.
Too often, state and local leaders have tried to enact reforms of the kind recommended in A Nation at Risk only to be stymied by organized special interests and political inertia. Without vigorous national leadership to improve education, states and local school systems simply cannot overcome the obstacles to making the big changes necessary to ...
Bhojani noted how Texas is the world’s eighth largest economy, and if the state wants to move up as the seventh largest economy, it needs to invest in child care and early childhood education.