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Alnaim, Mariam – World Journal of Education, 2018
The Zero Tolerance policy was intended to eliminate learners who are a danger to a learning institution (Henson, 2012). The development of this policy was to assist schools with better policing approaches of students conducts by employing tough disciplinary action and subsequently provide a safer learning environment. While the Zero Tolerance…
Descriptors: Zero Tolerance Policy, School Policy, Student Behavior, Behavior Problems
PACER Center, 2013
Youth with disabilities are at a higher risk for involvement in the juvenile justice system. Why is this true, and what should parents and caregivers know about this issue? This series of five briefs answers these questions and provides parents with steps for protecting their children's rights in both the education and the court systems.
Descriptors: Disabilities, Juvenile Justice, Childrens Rights, Behavior Problems
Rhodes, Igraine; Long, Michelle – Education Endowment Foundation, 2019
This Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) guidance report is designed to support senior leaders in primary and secondary schools to make better-informed decisions about their behaviour strategies. It includes a number of practical examples of programmes and approaches that should be helpful in schools and classrooms where behaviour is generally…
Descriptors: Student Behavior, Behavior Modification, Behavior Problems, Best Practices
Willoughby, Brian – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Schools in Maryland and Connecticut are rethinking suspension policies and practices. They are finding that promoting positive behavior choices rather than punishing the negative is leading to higher graduation rates, especially among students of color. In the 2003-2004 academic year, Baltimore City Public Schools recorded 26,000 suspensions. Six…
Descriptors: Suspension, Behavior Problems, Graduation Rate, Zero Tolerance Policy
Wiseman, Denise G.; Hunt, Gilbert H. – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2013
Having the ability to manage the learning environment, motivate students in the environment, and offer instruction that itself is motivating and which contributes to students learning what they need to learn and acquiring skills they need to acquire characterizes effective teachers. To meet these expectations, teachers need highly developed skills…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Classroom Techniques, Motivation Techniques, Active Learning
Hubbuch, Chris; Stucker, Keelie – Principal Leadership, 2012
Five years ago, Excelsior Springs (MO) Middle School set a new vision for its future. That marked the beginning of the school's work as a professional learning community (PLC) and has changed its focus and how it measures success. One component of Excelsior Springs's vision is safety: "developing and maintaining a welcoming, orderly, and…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Professional Development, Zero Tolerance Policy, School Culture
Simmons-Reed, Evette A.; Cartledge, Gwendolyn – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2014
Exclusionary policies are practiced widely in schools despite being associated with extremely poor outcomes for culturally and linguistically diverse students, particularly African American males with and without disabilities. This article discusses zero tolerance policies, the related research questioning their basic assumptions, and the negative…
Descriptors: Discipline Problems, Discipline Policy, African American Students, Males
Willoughby, Brian – Teaching Tolerance, 2012
Schools in Maryland and Connecticut are rethinking suspension policies and practices. They are finding that promoting positive behavior choices rather than punishing the negative is leading to higher graduation rates, especially among students of color. In the 2003-2004 academic year, Baltimore City Public Schools recorded 26,000 suspensions. Six…
Descriptors: Suspension, School Culture, Graduation Rate, Zero Tolerance Policy
Tanner, Julian – Education Canada, 2009
It is now over 10 years since the shootings at Columbine High School in April 1999. While Columbine was not the first school shooting in the United States, or the last, it remains the most important. For many people, but especially for parents, the name "Columbine" has become a one-word summation of fears and concerns about the condition…
Descriptors: School Safety, School Uniforms, Zero Tolerance Policy, Policy Analysis
Schachter, Ron – District Administration, 2010
For the past 15 years, zero-tolerance policies for violence in schools have been the driving force behind many school discipline policies around the country. But the disciplinary landscape is starting to change in a growing number of schools, especially those in urban districts, where administrators have taken their cues from high-profile reports…
Descriptors: Discipline, Urban Schools, Zero Tolerance Policy, Antisocial Behavior
Olley, Rivka I.; Cohn, Andrea; Cowan, Katherine C. – Communique, 2010
Effective discipline is essential to creating safe, supportive learning environments for all students, which is critical to academic achievement. Since the passage of zero tolerance policies in the early 1990s, many school districts have relied on punitive discipline focused on harsh strategies such as using suspension and expulsion as primary…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Student Behavior, Discipline, School Psychologists
Cardichon, Jessica; Roc, Martens – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2013
Middle and high school students subjected to harsh school discipline policies and practices such as suspensions and expulsions are more likely to disengage from the classroom and course work, and increases their chances of dropping out, according to this new report from the Alliance for Excellent Education. The report recommends implementing…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, School Culture, Outreach Programs
Maag, John W. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2009
Many public schools currently have organizational structures that form barriers for dealing more effectively with students' challenging behaviors even though positive school-wide approaches exist and provide empirical support for their use. Nevertheless, resistance to change occurs at both institutional and individual levels. Improving student…
Descriptors: Resistance to Change, Academic Achievement, Student Behavior, Positive Behavior Supports
Brownstein, Rhonda – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Significant numbers of students are being pushed out of school as a result of "zero tolerance" school discipline policies. While nobody questions the need to keep schools safe, teachers, students, and parents are questioning the methods being used in pursuit of that goal. Zero tolerance policies were initially aimed at making schools safe. The…
Descriptors: Suspension, Law Enforcement, Zero Tolerance Policy, Violence
Brownstein, Rhonda – Teaching Tolerance, 2009
Significant numbers of students are being pushed out of school as a result of "zero tolerance" school discipline policies. While nobody questions the need to keep schools safe, teachers, students, and parents are questioning the methods being used in pursuit of that goal. Initially enacted to counter violent behavior and drug use, zero tolerance…
Descriptors: Suspension, Violence, Dropout Rate, Teacher Burnout
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