- Over time, schools and districts have utilized tactics like out-of-school suspension, expulsion, school-based arrest, and transfer to alternative education settings for increasingly less severe infractions and have relied more heavily on police presence to maintain order on campuses.
- Harsh discipline policies have failed to yield safer schools, instead damaging school climate and dampening the achievement of students.
- Compelling research refutes the notion that males of color commit more school infractions than their white peers; however, they are more likely to be subject to disciplinary action than other students who display the same behavior.
- Two alternative models to harsh discipline that are demonstrating success are Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports and restorative practices.
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- Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)