Anonymous wrote:I've become increasingly pro- school choice mainly bc, as threads like these show, we no longer live in a society where children can be educated and socialized at scale.

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure it's been said already, but Restorative "Justice" sacrifices the education and safety of the civilized kids to attempt to help the uncivilized ones. There's no justice in forcing twenty kids to deal with one kid who can't or won't act appropriately. The truth is 99% of the time it's an issue if defective parenting, parents who are selfish and/or stupid and value their own time over the time necessary to teach their kids responsibility and respect. Restorative "Justice" exacerbates the deficiency at home by removing the accountability. Sure, it pretends to do the opposite but in practice and reality the kid is taught that he/she can get away with any impulse simply be pretending to be sorry later, with the added bonus of a group of people now fawning over poor little Johnny with the bad home life. Spare me. Restorative "Justice" itself was started to attempt to close the gap between White and Black suspension/expulsion rates. The opposite has happened. White kids have trended downwards while Black kids continue to climb. I've seen the date, it shows the White and Asian kids will get bust d for something once, maybe twice ,then shape up because their parents hold them accountable. The Black kids...well, some do, but many do not and this continues through high school. Reality isn't pretty, but failing to deal in it is even worse.

Anonymous wrote:The 2014 “Dear Colleague” Letter was issued jointly by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (the Departments).

Among other recommendations, the Departments advised schools and school districts to examine and correct how their disciplinary policies and practices, particularly concerning in-school and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and referrals to law enforcement authorities, could have a disparate impact on students of a particular race.

The Departments explained that these “exclusionary disciplinary policies” cause students of color to miss instructional time and derail their educational growth and development, potentially contributing to what has been termed the “school to prison pipeline.” In an effort to curb such discriminatory disciplinary policies, the Departments provided guidance to schools and districts on “how to identify, avoid, and remedy discipline which might lead to discrimination.”

NPR reported that after the issuance of the 2014 guidance, “more than 50 of America’s largest school districts instituted discipline reform” including Fairfax and Montgomery counties. More than half of all states attempted to revise their laws to reduce suspensions and expulsions to the greatest extent possible. Although findings suggest that suspensions have declined in the wake of these measures, particularly for Hispanic students, “progress has been incremental, and black high school students are still twice as likely as whites to be suspended nationwide. So are students in special education.”

Despite these results, many educators, law enforcement professionals and parents have questioned whether the 2014 guidance, and districts’ response to it, has made schools far less safe.

The 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter is the origin of all the school disciplinary problems this thread is about.

Anonymous wrote:The 2014 “Dear Colleague” Letter was issued jointly by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (the Departments).

Among other recommendations, the Departments advised schools and school districts to examine and correct how their disciplinary policies and practices, particularly concerning in-school and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and referrals to law enforcement authorities, could have a disparate impact on students of a particular race.

The Departments explained that these “exclusionary disciplinary policies” cause students of color to miss instructional time and derail their educational growth and development, potentially contributing to what has been termed the “school to prison pipeline.” In an effort to curb such discriminatory disciplinary policies, the Departments provided guidance to schools and districts on “how to identify, avoid, and remedy discipline which might lead to discrimination.”

NPR reported that after the issuance of the 2014 guidance, “more than 50 of America’s largest school districts instituted discipline reform” including Fairfax and Montgomery counties. More than half of all states attempted to revise their laws to reduce suspensions and expulsions to the greatest extent possible. Although findings suggest that suspensions have declined in the wake of these measures, particularly for Hispanic students, “progress has been incremental, and black high school students are still twice as likely as whites to be suspended nationwide. So are students in special education.”

Despite these results, many educators, law enforcement professionals and parents have questioned whether the 2014 guidance, and districts’ response to it, has made schools far less safe.

The 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter is the origin of all the school disciplinary problems this thread is about.

Anonymous wrote:The 2014 “Dear Colleague” Letter was issued jointly by the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division (the Departments).

Among other recommendations, the Departments advised schools and school districts to examine and correct how their disciplinary policies and practices, particularly concerning in-school and out-of-school suspensions, expulsions and referrals to law enforcement authorities, could have a disparate impact on students of a particular race.

The Departments explained that these “exclusionary disciplinary policies” cause students of color to miss instructional time and derail their educational growth and development, potentially contributing to what has been termed the “school to prison pipeline.” In an effort to curb such discriminatory disciplinary policies, the Departments provided guidance to schools and districts on “how to identify, avoid, and remedy discipline which might lead to discrimination.”

NPR reported that after the issuance of the 2014 guidance, “more than 50 of America’s largest school districts instituted discipline reform” including Fairfax and Montgomery counties. More than half of all states attempted to revise their laws to reduce suspensions and expulsions to the greatest extent possible. Although findings suggest that suspensions have declined in the wake of these measures, particularly for Hispanic students, “progress has been incremental, and black high school students are still twice as likely as whites to be suspended nationwide. So are students in special education.”

Despite these results, many educators, law enforcement professionals and parents have questioned whether the 2014 guidance, and districts’ response to it, has made schools far less safe.

The 2014 “Dear Colleague” letter is the origin of all the school disciplinary problems this thread is about.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes and yes. For the cherry on top, if a psycho kid rampages and smashes up your room bc you told them to put their phone away then the teachers could be reviewed as poor at their job and risk losing their job.

OMG!

These policies are progressive-insanity. No wonder so many kids left for Private and never came back.

Anonymous wrote:Yes and yes. For the cherry on top, if a psycho kid rampages and smashes up your room bc you told them to put their phone away then the teachers could be reviewed as poor at their job and risk losing their job.