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ERIC Number: ED488903
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2004
Pages: 12
Abstractor: ERIC
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"Discipline is Always Teaching": Effective Alternatives to Zero Tolerance in Indiana's Schools. Education Policy Briefs. Volume 2, Number 3, Summer 2004
Skiba, Russell; Rausch, M. Karega; Ritter, Shana
Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University
How can schools be kept safe and promote a school climate that is conducive to student learning? The previous two papers, examined methods that have not demonstrated success in maintaining safe and productive school climates. The first briefing paper demonstrated that zero tolerance has not met its goal of maintaining safety, has been inconsistently applied, increased racial disparities, and been associated with increased school dropout. The second briefing paper showed that although Indiana's rate of expulsion appears to be declining, the risks associated with the use of school suspension and expulsion appear to apply in Indiana as well. Minority students are over-represented in the use of both suspension and expulsion, and schools with higher rates of out-of-school suspensions tend to have lower passing rates on ISTEP. Are there alternatives? Evidence-based research and panels say yes, and both have identified programs that are clearly effective in reducing the threat of violence. Just as importantly, however, are the effective programs and strategies currently being implemented in Indiana's schools. This paper, describes interviews with principals who are using comprehensive and preventive approaches for promoting a safe and productive school climate without reducing their students' opportunity to learn. (Contains 1 figure and 2 endnotes.) [This report was published by the Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University and the Indiana Youth Services Association.]
Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, 509 E. 3rd Street, Bloomington, IN 47401. Tel: 812-855-4438; Web site: http://www.ceep.indiana.edu.
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Indiana Univ., Bloomington.
Identifiers - Location: Indiana
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