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35.077 - Pushing Beyond Zero: Issues in Zero-Tolerance School Discipline and Positive Discipline Alternatives

Fri, April 17, 4:05 to 6:05pm, Swissotel, Floor: Lucerne Level, Alpine II

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The disciplinary landscape of schools has changed considerably with the adoption of zero tolerance policies and order maintenance approaches to discipline that have taken hold in recent decades. Furthermore, research has consistently demonstrated the ways in which the current disciplinary environment of schools has undermined relationships between school actors, such as teachers and students, and has resulted in disproportionate rates of removal for males, minority students and special education students (Arum, 2003; Gregory et al., 2010; Fabelo, 2011). This panel pushes this conversation forward by locating inequality in various district-level practices and in-school relationships. Further, this panel will discuss alternative disciplinary approaches implemented by schools and the potential of this programming to offset the unequal distribution of disciplinary consequences.

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