Tag: Laura Faer
January 8, 2015
Study: Suspensions harm 'well-behaved' kids
It’s a belief repeated every day by teachers, principals and parents of rule-abiding children: Suspending disruptive students will allow the rest of the class to settle down and learn. But a new, large study calls this rationale into question.
Jane Meredith Adams
November 30, 2014
Positive discipline gets boost in district plans
With a big push from the state’s new approach to education spending, many California school districts appear to be ramping up investments in positive approaches to discipline.
Jane Meredith Adams
July 22, 2014
Agreement reached on 'willful defiance' bill
Gov. Jerry Brown and advocates for less punitive disciplinary policies have compromised on a bill that would prevent administrators from expelling students for “willful defiance,” according to Assemblyman Roger Dickinson, D-Sacramento, who is sponsoring the bill. It would also prevent schools from suspending and sending home K-3 students.