ELC_Guide_FairnessinDiscipline_Sept09
BEHAVIOR THAT CAN RESULT IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, AND PUNISHMENTS THAT CAN BE IMPOSED 5 A. In general, school boards have broad authority to decide what behavior will lead to discipline,…
MoreBEHAVIOR THAT CAN RESULT IN SCHOOL DISCIPLINE, AND PUNISHMENTS THAT CAN BE IMPOSED 5 A. In general, school boards have broad authority to decide what behavior will lead to discipline,…
More…is available at https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school- discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance. https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.html https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague-201401-title-vi.html https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance https://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/school-discipline/fedefforts.html#guidance individualized education supports. The result is the excessive punishment of students of color, especially those who have disabilities. The Guidance contributes…
More…discipline. In 2012, however, dissatisfaction with the results led to a tectonic shift in policy. The School District adopted a new discipline code that has more of a case-by-case, individualized…
More…and keeping students in school. In a letter to the district in May, law center attorneys said, “Zero tolerance discipline does not work. In fact, discipline policies that exclude students…
MoreMar. 8, 2015 – Elizabeth Green, Chalkbeat.orgChalkbeat CEO Elizabeth Green examines the case for and against ‘no excuses’ discipline, drawing on reporting from her book ‘Building a Better Teacher’Many people…
More…use of exclusionary discipline in all early learning programs across Pennsylvania. The Resolution was a direct result of our work, in collaboration with the ACLU and our early intervention and…
More…the disparities in school discipline and decreasing the use of suspensions overall, neither of these worthy goals can be achieved. NANCY E. POTTER Staff Attorney Education Law Center Downtown http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/letters/2015/03/04/We-must-address-disparities-in-school-discipline-and-decrease-suspensions/stories/201503040148…
More…webinar was developed for educators, school administrators, teachers, and advocates, and guides participants through the Legal Center on Foster Care and Education’s new tool on school discipline. This resource highlights…
MoreMarch 31, 2014 – WHYY, Radio Times – New information released by the Department of Education shed more light on a disturbing difference when it comes to school discipline —…
Moreschool discipline is well documented. Black and brown students are punished more frequently and harshly than their white peers for similar offenses. Sadly, racial disparities in school discipline start as…
MoreELC praises the Pennsylvania Office of Child Development and Early Learning (OCDEL) for release of two new policy announcements that now make clear its commitment to decrease exclusionary discipline and…
More…2016. The District’s School Reform Commission in June 2018 formally changed the School District’s student conduct and discipline policy, extending the existing ban on out-of-school suspensions to cover grades 1…
MoreELC Executive Director Deborah Gordon Klehr writes about the bias in school discipline against students of color and argues that school suspensions in under-resourced schools often do more harm than…
MoreThe widespread problem of racial discrimination in school discipline is well documented. The 2014 federal discipline guidance from the Obama administration formally recognized that for the first time and challenged…
MoreA new report recommending strategies for policy makers to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and address disparities in school discipline was issued by the Pennsylvania Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission…
More…reforms in school discipline. Again, on behalf of the most at-risk students, ELC works to press for systemic reforms to school discipline that address issues of access and equity and…
MoreThis 2009 ELC handbook for attorneys and advocates who represent students examines the law on school discipline in Pennsylvania, which derives from the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions; federal and…
More…school and the ways that racialized school discipline policies such as discriminatory grooming codes, subjective violations of schools’ codes of conduct, and the issuance of parental exclusion notices push Black…
More…understanding the discipline rights of public school students in Pennsylvania, see TOOL 15: School Discipline in Pennsylvania (an ELC fact sheet) and ELC’s manual entitled Fairness in School Discipline in…
More…DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, DEAR COLLEAGUE LETTER: NONDISCRIMINATORY ADMINISTRATION OF SCHOOL DISCIPLINE ( January 8, 2014), accessed at https://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/letters/colleague- 201401-title-vi.pdf; 17 National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments, Supportive School Discipline…
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