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Lynch, Shrehan; Schleider, Justin; McBean, Laura – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2020
Traditionally schools have been spaces that are punitive and have strict behavior guidelines that include zero-tolerance policies. Thus, conventional behavior management practices blame students and position them as rule-breakers. Consequently, all students, but particularly those who come from complex backgrounds, minority groups, and vulnerable…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Trauma, Punishment, Discipline
Griffith, Christina – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Policy makers continue to seek answers in addressing problem behaviors in schools. Zero tolerance in schools has been used widely across the nation yet educators have encountered many challenges with students who have been suspended for short or long periods. Research studies have found that the strategies used to address problem behaviors are not…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Behavior Problems, Zero Tolerance Policy, Behavior Modification
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Yang, Jessica L.; Anyon, Yolanda; Pauline, Malina; Wiley, Katherine E.; Cash, Donna; Downing, Barbara J.; Greer, Eldridge; Kelty, Ellen; Morgan, Thomas Lee; Pisciotta, Lisa – Equity & Excellence in Education, 2018
This study adds to the extant research on the school-to-prison pipeline by investigating how school-based service providers and administrators conceptualize the causal mechanisms constraining and enabling the school-to-prison pipeline in a large urban district. Thirty-three schools were selected for the study based on their suspension rates.…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, At Risk Students, Poverty, Racial Bias
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Moreno, Gerardo; Bullock, Lyndal M. – International Journal of Emotional Education, 2015
Challenging behaviors can significantly alter the learning environment of any classroom. Traditionally, schools have implemented practices that remove the offending student from the classroom, deliver punitive disciplinary actions, or refer the student to special education evaluation. Unfortunately, such practices have demonstrated little…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Hispanic American Students, Student Behavior, Discipline
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Irby, Decoteau; Clough, Cindy – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2015
The current study explores the principle of "consistency" and its relevance in the discipline cultures of three middle and two high schools in a Midwest US school district. We explore how educators (1) evoke consistency as a necessity for school discipline and (2) attempt to be consistent in practice to develop disciplined students,…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Middle Schools, High Schools
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Sherer, Yiping C.; Nickerson, Amanda B. – Psychology in the Schools, 2010
A random sample of 213 school psychologists working in a school setting completed a survey on their schools' current anti-bullying practices. Talking with bullies following bullying incidents, disciplinary consequences for bullies, and increasing adult supervision were the three most frequently used strategies. Peer juries/court, an anti-bullying…
Descriptors: Bullying, School Psychologists, Supervision, Peer Counseling
Freedberg, Louis; Chavez, Lisa – EdSource, 2012
During the past several years, there have been growing concerns regarding the effectiveness of school discipline policies, as well as their disproportionate impact on African American and Latino students. For at least a decade, questions have been raised about district-level "zero tolerance" policies that have contributed to larger…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, School Policy, Zero Tolerance Policy
Livermore, Craig – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2008
Much has been written about the adaptation from criminology of the "Broken Windows" theory of order maintenance in successful urban educational models. Yet, the manner in which the theory is written and discussed often misses the nuances and feel of the theory as successfully applied. This misunderstanding has lead to its conflation with the "Zero…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Models, Student Behavior, Expectation
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Burke, Mack D.; Ayres, Kevin; Hagan-Burke, Shanna – Journal of Early and Intensive Behavior Intervention, 2004
In an effort to increase schools' capacity to adequately address anti-social behaviors, school districts around the country are implementing zero tolerance policies and strengthening sanctions for rule violations. Although often well intentioned, these reactive responses are largely ineffective and ultimately displace the problem. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Sanctions, Zero Tolerance Policy, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Modification