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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ron Brown high school forbids almost all suspensions and has a much better approach. Perhaps this is a strategy that should be adopted...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/07/05/dc-all-boys-high-school/102898672/[/quote]

In-school-suspension isn't exactly innovative.

Don't get me wrong - I'm all for it.  Any kind of suspension is a relief for the victims of trouble-making activity: both educators and the rest of the student body wins when problems are eliminated.  However, the "at home" variety can easily become rewarding and desirable and negatively-reinforcing for the kids who get it.  Suspend them in school, and have the physical capability (rooms, muscle, training, and policy) to try to keep them on track, but segregated from the community they're constantly disrupting.  Make them earn their privileges, such as re-joining the class.  And if they can't handle that, then at least they can still be in a safe environment and attempt to learn.[/quote]

Try reading the story. It's not suspension (in or out of school) at all. They have to get together and work through problems and "own them"[/quote]

TLDR.  (Also, I hate automatic videos, those are an abomination).  For students who can talk through problems and own their mistakes that's great.  Alas, it's a skill FAR beyond even many of the parents at some schools.  Ergo, keep in-school-suspension as an option.  With effective enforcement.[/quote]

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