Reprimand a class comic, restrain a bully, dismiss a student for
brazen attire--and you may be facing a lawsuit, costly regardless
of the result. This reality for today's teachers and administrators
has made the issue of school discipline more difficult than ever
before--and public education thus more precarious. This is the
troubling message delivered in "Judging School Discipline," a
powerfully reasoned account of how decades of mostly well-intended
litigation have eroded the moral authority of teachers and
principals and degraded the quality of American education.
"Judging School Discipline" casts a backward glance at the roots
of this dilemma to show how a laudable concern for civil liberties
forty years ago has resulted in oppressive abnegation of adult
responsibility now. In a rigorous analysis enriched by vivid
descriptions of individual cases, the book explores 1,200 cases in
which a school's right to control students was contested.
Richard Arum and his colleagues also examine several decades of
data on schools to show striking and widespread relationships among
court leanings, disciplinary practices, and student outcomes; they
argue that the threat of lawsuits restrains teachers and
administrators from taking control of disorderly and even dangerous
situations in ways the public would support.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
