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Study: Zero Tolerance Does Not Improve Learning
By Teal Ruland Bringing dangerous weapons or drugs into school accounts for about 5 percent of suspensions, but the other 95 percent is incurred by general “disruptive behavior.” Are these relatively...
View ArticleSchool Discipline Reform Long Overdue, Experts Say
By Edward Graham and Helen Yoshida As schools around the country have tightened their disciplinary policies to curtail the possibility of school violence, some experts caution that these measures are...
View ArticleU.S. Students Losing 18 Million Days of Instruction Due to Suspensions
A staggering 3.5 million American students – enough to fill the stadiums of nearly every Super Bowl ever played – were suspended from school in the 2011-2012 school year. According to a new report from...
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