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2016

Journal

Sociology

Bank Street College of Education

School discipline

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A Humanizing Approach To Improving School Disciplinary Culture, Darrick Smith Sep 2016

A Humanizing Approach To Improving School Disciplinary Culture, Darrick Smith

Occasional Paper Series

Smith summarizes efforts to transform the negative and disrespectful culture at a small California high school with a racially diverse student population. Here a humanizing approach to discipline, rooted in an affirmation of students and their families, and entailing an alignment of school and family values with the school’s mission, has been successful.