The Educated Guess: EdWatch 2013: Unfinished agenda on school discipline

A California assemblyman is once again trying to curb expulsions and suspensions for what’s known as “willful defiance,” when kids act out or misbehave in class or during school activities.

Advocates who support the assemblyman want to shift the state’s discipline policies away from punitive practices and toward alternative approaches that keep students in school and get to the root of their misbehavior. The advocates were largely successful in the last legislative session, sponsoring five discipline bills that became law.

via EdWatch 2013: Unfinished agenda on school discipline – by Susan Frey.

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