…the table to say what supports they need. “The answer to prevent exclusionary discipline isn’t to tell teachers they’re not allowed to discipline kids anymore,” she said. Avery Bizzell, organizer…
More…Chester Upland Superintendent Gregory Shannon, who before taking the helm of the Delaware County district in 2013 was deputy chief of student discipline for the Philadelphia schools. Shannon and his…
More…The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools.” Her book, to be released this month, talks about how school climate and discriminatory discipline practices contribute to the “criminalization” of black girls…
More…Progress Under IEP Step 3: � Re-evaluations and Updating the IEP Changing Schools Potential Step:�School Discipline Process Rights in Discipline Process Rights in Discipline Process: Exceptions Step 4:�Transition Services for…
More…is an overuse and misuse of SROs which results in inappropriate and disproportionate discipline and arrest of students with disabilities and/or students of color. We share the concern that the…
More…resulting Fair Discipline in Schools Act asks schools to develop school discipline policies that: utilize prevention, intervention, restorative justice, peer mediation, counseling, and other constructive disciplinary approaches; determine which violations…
More…fields of school discipline, civil rights, and disability law. The Report analyzes recent changes in policies, regulations, and enforcement agency action which significantly impact children and youth of color, including…
More…But a few have chosen to help with some of the worst. Parents of public school students can call the The School Discipline Advocacy Service which pairs law students from…
More…be no different. Suspensions to students in early elementary grades negatively impact their future educational outcomes and fuel the School-to-Prison Pipeline. Furthermore, exclusionary discipline is meted out, both in Philadelphia…
More…wrote anonymously in a school-climate survey that the teachers’ union, the Cheltenham Educators’ Association, delivered to high school and district administrators in February. “If teachers try to discipline them for…
More…weapons possession statute to discipline students for misbehavior- unrelated to the possession of a weapon—is over.” She urged School Districts across Pennsylvania to see this case as an opportunity to…
More…ineffective school discipline policies, too often push youth into the system. Not only are these youth chronically behind in school, but a woeful two out of three drop out of…
More…school discipline policies that emphasize inclusion and appropriate supports ultimately lead to more positive education outcomes for all students. Zero-tolerance policies have the opposite effect – they tend to push…
Moreboys, are disproportionately over- represented in exclusionary discipline. That exclusionary discipline is generally ineffective at systemically reducing misbehavior and increasing safety. That exclusionary discipline harms children (even well-behaved…
MoreCivil Rights Project Report, 2015 https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/projects/center-for-civil-rights-remedies/school- to-prison-folder/federal-reports/are-we-closing-the-school-discipline– gap/AreWeClosingTheSchoolDisciplineGap_FINAL221.pdf https://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/resources/projects/center-for-civil-rights-remedies/school-to-prison-folder/federal-reports/are-we-closing-the-school-discipline-gap/AreWeClosingTheSchoolDisciplineGap_FINAL221.pdf Why? Policies and practices that push schoolchildren, especially our most at- risk children, out of classrooms and into the criminal…
More…sends a message to districts across the commonwealth: “The era of school districts’ unbridled discretion to use the weapons possession statute to discipline students for behaviors in schools is over,”…
MoreApril 5, 2017 – The Philadelphia Tribune – by Stacy M. Brown HARRISBURG — Year after year, African-American students and other minorities have faced much harsher discipline in public schools…
More…worst states in terms of discipline disparities between white students and black and Latino students. The dropout rate is dramatically high for students who receive exclusionary discipline and, especially, for…
More…and discriminatory discipline practices that exclude students of color and students with disabilities at disproportionately high rates. The proposed bill does little to address the discipline disparities that plague schools…
More…has encountered. http://webgui.phila.k12.pa.us/offices/r/renaissance-schools/about-us http://www.sesi-schools.com/schools/success-schools/ http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention http://thenotebook.org/april-2013/135809/olneys-approach-strict-discipline-personal-attention 19 I V . L E G A L C L A I MS A . Policies and Practices Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities…
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