New Model of School Discipline: Engaging Students and Preventing Behavior Problems

by David R. Dupper

Mounting evidence shows that zero-tolerance policies, suspensions, and restrictive security policies fail to improve school safety and student behaviors, and are linked with increased risk of dropping out. Minority students are suspended at disproportionate rates, and over a million cases of corporal punishment are reported each year. Against this dismal backdrop, David Dupper presents a transformative new model of school discipline that is preventive,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195378075
• ISBN13: 9780195378078
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.1"