/tags/school-discipline school discipline en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:55:24 GMT /news/2019-11-14/educators-activists-push-back-against-criticism-of-browards-promise-program Broward County educators, lawyers and residents are pushing back against criticism of Broward public schools’ PROMISE program, saying it’s vital to… Fri, 15 Nov 2019 02:55:24 GMT /news/2019-11-14/educators-activists-push-back-against-criticism-of-browards-promise-program /2019-06-18/u-s-schools-underreport-how-often-students-are-restrained-or-secluded-watchdog-says Districts are supposed to tell the government how often students are held or detained. But a new report says those numbers are so inaccurate, there's no way of knowing the prevalence of these methods. Tue, 18 Jun 2019 15:07:00 GMT /2019-06-18/u-s-schools-underreport-how-often-students-are-restrained-or-secluded-watchdog-says Jenny Abamu /2019-06-05/desperation-and-broken-trust-when-schools-restrain-students-or-lock-them-in-rooms Restraint and seclusion are controversial practices in public schools. They are most often used on students with disabilities, and parents say they take an emotional toll. Wed, 05 Jun 2019 09:00:00 GMT /2019-06-05/desperation-and-broken-trust-when-schools-restrain-students-or-lock-them-in-rooms Rob Manning, Jenny Abamu, Rob Manning /education/2018-05-08/runcie-at-promise-forum-some-will-say-we-lied Superintendent Robert Runcie opened a community forum on Monday night by saying he’s not a liar.“There are some out there that are concerned that somehow… Tue, 08 May 2018 11:32:25 GMT /education/2018-05-08/runcie-at-promise-forum-some-will-say-we-lied Jessica Bakeman /news/2018-05-07/backlash-follows-revelations-that-parkland-shooter-was-referred-to-promise-program After denying for months that Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz had any connection to a program created to soften school punishment and reduce student arrests… Mon, 07 May 2018 15:58:00 GMT /news/2018-05-07/backlash-follows-revelations-that-parkland-shooter-was-referred-to-promise-program Jessica Bakeman /education/2018-05-06/stoneman-douglas-shooter-was-assigned-to-controversial-broward-discipline-program-officials-now-say Broward school district officials admitted Sunday that the confessed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School gunman was assigned to a controversial… Mon, 07 May 2018 01:43:04 GMT /education/2018-05-06/stoneman-douglas-shooter-was-assigned-to-controversial-broward-discipline-program-officials-now-say Jessica Bakeman /education/2017-06-15/zero-suspensions-and-an-unexplained-leap-in-excessive-absences-in-miami-dade-schools In the middle of the school year, Hayden Dallip was at home in Miami Gardens when he got a call from his seventh-grade daughter. “She was crying—she said,… Fri, 16 Jun 2017 03:16:39 GMT /education/2017-06-15/zero-suspensions-and-an-unexplained-leap-in-excessive-absences-in-miami-dade-schools /education/2017-04-02/gaps-in-evaluation-report-make-it-hard-to-judge-mdcps-alternatives-to-suspension-program Nearly two years into Miami-Dade Schools’ signature alternative-to-suspension program, it’s hard to measure the impact of the heavily touted Student… Sun, 02 Apr 2017 21:34:00 GMT /education/2017-04-02/gaps-in-evaluation-report-make-it-hard-to-judge-mdcps-alternatives-to-suspension-program /education/2017-02-17/sharp-debate-over-miami-dade-public-schools-alternative-to-suspension-program Sharp questions surfaced at a school board meeting Wednesday over the evaluation of an alternative to suspension program, launched in 2015 after the… Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:04:20 GMT /education/2017-02-17/sharp-debate-over-miami-dade-public-schools-alternative-to-suspension-program /education/2016-10-16/school-suspensions-continue-in-spite-of-miami-dades-no-suspension-policy A year ago, Miami-Dade County Public Schools made a splash by eliminating out-of-school suspensions. At the time, Superintendent Alberto Carvalho cited… Mon, 17 Oct 2016 02:26:00 GMT /education/2016-10-16/school-suspensions-continue-in-spite-of-miami-dades-no-suspension-policy