By: Jack Jarvis
I was a principal for 10 years and administrator for 14. I worked for three years for Houghton Mifflin as a regional consultant, I teach tech integration and teaching math classes for our local...
View ArticleBy: Dr. Bill Conrad
Suspension for willful defiance is an important tool in the educator’s arsenal. It is a critical component in their war on children, especially children of color. Clearly it is malpractice. But when...
View ArticleBy: Dr. Bill Conrad.
In reply to Jack Jarvis. I have been an educator for 45 years and can arrest to the fact the use of suspension for willful defiance is not so benign. I have seen it used as a racist tool to curtail...
View ArticleBy: Alex Robins
In reply to Jack Jarvis. Appreciate this feedback, Mr. Jarvis. Part of my argument (and this entire bill) is focused on administrators’ role in willful defiance. Classroom teachers still have the...
View ArticleBy: Alex Robins
In reply to Jim. Hi Jim, to answer your question: definitely! All our students have the right to get a good education. It’s too bad this isn’t in our California state constitution! Therefore, it’s...
View ArticleBy: Bobbi Mahler,,Retired Superintendent
The example of “willful defiance” given does not fit my experiential definition of such. And until we can agree on a specific definition with behavioral examples, our opinions on the matter of...
View ArticleBy: el
Of course being tardy is disruptive to a classroom, but I’ve found it alarming how often school policies perhaps inadvertently punish tardies more than being completely absent. It’s a mistake to set up...
View ArticleBy: John Perryman
Discipline by a teacher or other adult staff member falls into only two categories: voluntary, where the student volunteers to cooperate, and involuntary, where discipline occurs regardless of whether...
View ArticleBy: Greg frates
If we cannot bench, suspend kids, how do we battle vs home environments where 1 poor student ruins it for a class of 30 to 40? If you think it’s so easy, take up a post and dedicate your life, without...
View ArticleBy: Derrick
In reply to John Perryman. John, I agree with you. I am a Campus Supervisor for a middle school and students are being mote aggressive with behaviors. Classroom suspensions are good when they are not...
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