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Download full textAbleser, Judith – 2002
This paper critiques the use of zero tolerance policies for general and special education students, focusing on equal educational opportunity. It presents an alternative comprehensive schoolwide approach to discipline that infuses best practices and a philosophy of democratic education. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)…
Descriptors: Democracy, Disabilities, Discipline, Equal Education
Peer reviewedBock, Stacey Jones; Savner, Jennifer L.; Tapscott, Katherine E. – Intervention in School and Clinic, 1998
Provides a brief review of legal procedures that schools have available under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997, and discusses problems with using suspension and expulsion, including recidivism, increased dropout rates, overrepresentation of minorities receiving suspension or expulsion, and indiscriminate…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Discipline Policy, Dropout Rate
