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Joni W. Splett; Nicholas A. Gage; Kelly L. Perales; Colleen Halliday; Mark D. Weist – Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, 2024
School climate encompasses student and school staff's experience of life at school, including the norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, safety, teaching and learning practices, social and physical environments, and organizational structures. Its positive influence on student academic performance, school completion, disruptive…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Positive Behavior Supports, Multi Tiered Systems of Support, Learner Engagement
Erdmann, Jennifer V. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
As school leaders continue to look for solutions to ongoing negative student behaviors, many schools have implemented the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports framework. The Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports framework supports educators and students using positive strategies for behavior, academic, social, emotional, and…
Descriptors: School Personnel, Positive Behavior Supports, Middle Schools, Educational Legislation
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2020
This protocol guides the review of research that informs the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) intervention reports in the Supportive Learning Environment topic area. The protocol is used in conjunction with the "WWC Procedures and Standards Handbooks (Version 4.0)." This review focuses on interventions designed to promote supportive…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Intervention, Educational Environment, Safety
Goodman, Christie L., Ed. – Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
The "IDRA Newsletter" serves as a vehicle for communication with educators, school board members, decision-makers, parents, and the general public concerning the educational needs of all children across the United States. The focus of this issue is "Fair Discipline." Contents include: (1) At What Cost? A Review of School Police…
Descriptors: Discipline, School Security, Police, Police School Relationship
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Smolkowski, Keith; Strycker, Lisa; Ward, Bryce – Psychology in the Schools, 2016
This study evaluated the scale-up of a Safe & Civil Schools "Foundations: Establishing Positive Discipline Policies" positive behavioral interventions and supports initiative through 4 years of "real-world" implementation in a large urban school district. The study extends results from a previous randomized controlled trial…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Educational Environment, School Safety, School Culture
Kern, Nora; Kim, Suzie – National Charter School Resource Center, 2016
Students need a safe and supportive school environment to maximize their academic and social-emotional learning potential. A school's discipline policies and practices directly impact school climate and student achievement. Together, discipline policies and positive school climate efforts can reinforce behavioral expectations and ensure student…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Environment, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Dubin, Jennifer – American Educator, 2016
Together, a school district and a local union are working to ensure that educators are trained in restorative practices in order to improve school climates and keep students in school and learning. This article describes how, in recent years, administrators and teachers have shifted from traditional school punishments, such as suspension, to…
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Punishment
Guckenburg, Sarah; Hurley, Nancy; Persson, Hannah; Fronius, Trevor; Petrosino, Anthony – WestEd, 2015
This report is part of a larger body of work by the WestEd Justice and Prevention Research Center focusing on restorative justice (RJ) as an alternative to traditional responses to student misbehavior in schools across the United States. This work seeks to document the current breadth of evidence on the subject, provide a more comprehensive…
Descriptors: Justice, Conflict Resolution, Program Implementation, Literature Reviews
Newman, Wayne R. – Online Submission, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine how an urban school district's code of conduct aligned with actual school/class behaviors, and how stakeholders perceived the ability of this document to achieve its number one goal: safe and productive learning environments. Twenty participants including students, teachers, parents, and administrators…
Descriptors: School Districts, Ethics, Behavior Standards, Stakeholders
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Osher, David M.; Poirier, Jeffrey M.; Jarjoura, Roger G.; Brown, Russell; Kendziora, Kimberly – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2014
We examine the effects of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District's (CMSD) districtwide efforts to improve school safety, order, and conditions for learning. These approaches include implementing (1) a social and emotional learning program for elementary students (PATHS); (2) a planning model for students exhibiting academic or nonacademic…
Descriptors: School Safety, Behavior Problems, School Districts, Social Development
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Cornell, Dewey; Sheras, Peter; Gregory, Anne; Fan, Xitao – School Psychology Quarterly, 2009
Threat assessment has been widely recommended as a violence prevention approach for schools, but there are few empirical studies of its use. This nonexperimental study of 280 Virginia public high schools compared 95 high schools using the Virginia threat assessment guidelines (Cornell & Sheras, 2006), 131 following other (i.e., locally…
Descriptors: High Schools, Violence, Crime, Bullying
Ward, Linda T. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
In schools across America, school safety and student discipline remain primary concerns for all stakeholders in the education process. Researchers and educators suggest that implementing a school-wide discipline plan tailored to meet the needs of a particular school setting is one solution to the complex behavior management problem. The limited…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Student Behavior, Discipline, School Safety
Bishop, Shawn P. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
For schools, creating an appropriate learning environment is critical. Edwards (2008) said "an improper learning environment strikes at the heart of the school's purpose" (p. 1). School discipline is extremely important because positive strong learning conditions are critical to student success and disciplinary problems are a continual…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Behavior, Discipline, Testing
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. – 2002
In 1994, Congress directed the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education, to establish panels to evaluate educational programs and recommend to the Secretary of Education those programs that should be designated as exemplary or promising. The purpose of these panels was and is to provide practitioners,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Discipline Policy, Educational Environment, Educational Quality
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Jones, Sherry Everett; Fisher, Carolyn J.; Greene, Brenda Z.; Hertz, Marci F.; Pritzl, Jane – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Policies set at the state, district, and school levels can support and enhance a healthy and safe school environment. Methods: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducts the School Health Policies and Programs Study every 6 years. In 2006, computer-assisted telephone interviews or self-administered mail questionnaires were…
Descriptors: Recreational Activities, Violence, Smoking, School Safety
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