No excuses discipline policies create as many problems as they solve. Students are suspended, hit the streets and create more trouble. When they return to school, it is a downward cycle.
School districts are adopting new strategies for managing bad behavior management strategies. Just as in law enforcement, schools are reevaluating who is being targeted and why.
The Miami Herald reports that a new approach to discipline in Miami-Dade schools will require extensive retraining and a massive culture change. The district has 36,000 suspensions. They have taken a multi-pronged strategy.