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Melissa Kudel – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Community School 53 has seen a significant increase in suspension rates over the past five years. The suspension rate in 2018-2019 was 5.04%; during the 2019-2020 school year the rate was 8.11%. There is no data from the school year 2020-2021 due to COVID-19. The suspension rate rose drastically in 2021-2022 to 18.10%, and it was at 17.62% for the…
Descriptors: Suspension, Discipline, Teacher Attitudes, Multi Tiered Systems of Support
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Danielle DuShane; SeonYeong Yu – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2024
Expulsion is the harshest form of disciplinary action, and behavior policies are the foundation for this decision-making process. The purpose of this study is to uncover how behavior policies used in early childhood settings describe expulsion practices. Among the 111 early childhood programs in Western Massachusetts that met the search criteria…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Preschools, Discipline Policy, Expulsion
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Nicholas A. Gage; Timothy J. Lewis; Nanci L. Johnson; Gordon T. Way – Journal of Positive Behavior Interventions, 2025
The negative outcomes of exclusionary discipline practices on children and youth are well established. Fortunately, for the past two decades, research has demonstrated that pro-active instructional approaches and building supportive class and school environments can effectively promote student social, emotional, and behavioral well-being,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Student Behavior, Well Being, Positive Behavior Supports
Marilyn Lopez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Due to the impacts of overrepresentation of historically marginalized middle school student suspensions on the prison pipeline, there is urgency in addressing disproportionality in suspensions in school districts nationwide. Although Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) and Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) models have shown an…
Descriptors: Minority Group Students, Middle School Students, Cultural Relevance, Student Needs
Elena Rose Couldrey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite the existence of various special education laws and mandates aimed at protecting the rights of students with learning disabilities (LD), these students tend to be removed from the classroom setting at disproportionate rates and durations when compared to students without disabilities. The purpose of this interpretive phenomenology was to…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Discipline, General Education
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Laura Kern; Heather Peshak George; Lauren L. Evanovich; Jennifer M. Hodnett; Jennifer Freeman – Exceptional Children, 2024
Restraint and seclusion (R/S) are practices employed by schools to address severe student behavior. Although the use of R/S has been shown to have harmful impact for students, staff, and schools, there is no federal law that addresses its use in schools. A lack of a universal approach leaves each state to determine its own legislation and policy.…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Legislation, Discipline, Punishment
Katelyn Mae Noel Singleton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The use of exclusionary discipline practices in schools has continued to increase since the advent of Zero Tolerance discipline policies in the 1990s. Research indicates that these practices are largely ineffective in addressing behavior, and result in detrimental outcomes for students and communities. This study focused on the use of Disciplinary…
Descriptors: Discipline, Suspension, Student Behavior, Discipline Policy