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Results for school discipline (texas)
2 results foundAuthor: Fowler, Deborah Fitzgerald Title: Texas' School-to-Prison Pipeline: Dropout to Incarceration. The Impact of School Discipline and Zero Tolerance Summary: Numerous studies by national experts in the fields of education, criminal justice, and mental health have established a link between school dropout rates and incarceration. This link holds true in Texas. One in three juveniles sent to a locked down facility operated by the Texas Youth Commission has already dropped out of school - and more than 80 percent of Texas adult prison inmates are school dropouts. This study documents the impact of a "school-to-prison" pipeline in Texas and identifies policy areas in need of systemic reform. Details: Austin, TX: Texas Appleseed, 2007. 166p. Source: Internet Resource: Available at: https://www.texasappleseed.org/sites/default/files/01-STPPReport2007.pdf Year: 2007 Country: United States URL: Shelf Number: 118377 Keywords: School Discipline (Texas)School DropoutsSchool-to-Prison PipelineZero Tolerance (Texas) |
Author: Freeman, Kathryn Title: Breaking Rules, Breaking Budgets: Cost of Exclusionary Discipline in 11 Texas School Districts Summary: This report documents the high price tag attached to public schools' use of out-of-school suspension, expulsion, and alternative schools and spending on school policing--an approach that has failed to reduce the number of student disciplinary referrals. Eleven school districts, educating a quarter of Texas' public school students, are surveyed. The aim is to encourage a dialogue about strategically scaling back spending in these areas and redirecting a portion of the savings to less costly, more effective approaches to student discipline. Details: Austin, TX: Texas Appleseed, 2012. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 2, 2012 at: http://www.texasappleseed.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=848&Itemid= Year: 2012 Country: United States URL: http://www.texasappleseed.net/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=848&Itemid= Shelf Number: 126824 Keywords: Cost AnalysisSchool Discipline (Texas)School PolicingSchool Suspensions |