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  2. School discipline - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Zero-tolerance policies in schools - Wikipedia

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    A zero-tolerance policy in schools is a policy of strict enforcement of school rules against behaviors or the possession of items deemed undesirable. In schools, common zero-tolerance policies concern physical altercations, as well as the possession or use of illicit drugs or weapons. Students, and sometimes staff, parents, and other visitors ...

  4. Why Black students are still disciplined at higher rates ...

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    Racial differences in how schools discipline students received new attention 10 years ago, during a national reckoning with racial injustice. In many schools around the country, Black students ...

  5. School corporal punishment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The number of instances of corporal punishment in U.S. schools has also declined in recent years. In the 2002–2003 school year, federal statistics estimated that 300,000 children were disciplined with corporal punishment at school at least once. In the 2006–2007 school year, this number was reduced to 223,190 instances. [50]

  6. Does SPS have the right plan to fix discipline? Board ... - AOL

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    The seven Springfield school board candidates were asked whether the district has the right plan in place to address discipline. Some want changes.

  7. School-to-prison pipeline - Wikipedia

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    Schools with a higher percentage of Black students are more likely to implement zero-tolerance policies and to use extremely punitive discipline, supporting the racial threat hypothesis. [ 28 ] In addition to racial inequities, there are extant disparities and overlap of students with disabilities in the juvenile system. [ 9 ]

  8. Freedom of speech in schools in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Fourth Circuit held for a school district's discipline of a student who had created, after school one day, a MySpace page devoted to ridiculing a classmate which other students had joined and shared content on, since it had led to a complaint from the other student's parents that it violated the school's anti-bullying policies, and their ...

  9. School disturbance laws - Wikipedia

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    A 2011 report by the Justice Policy Institute outlined multiple factors contributing to this disparity, including a reliance on law enforcement to enforce school discipline. [17] Concerns over racially based application of these laws have fueled the push for changes around the country from government officials in the Nixon and Obama ...