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Designing Professional Development in Restorative Practices: Assessing High School Personnel's, Students', and Parents' Perceptions of Discipline Practices
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Vincent, Claudia; McClure, Heather; Marquez, Brion; Goodrich, Deanna – NASSP Bulletin, 2021
We conducted focus groups with high school staff, students, parents, and administrators to gain information about how to design professional development training supporting high school staff in implementing restorative practices within a multitiered support system. Results indicated that all stakeholders valued trust and relationship building and…
Descriptors: High School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, High School Students, Student Attitudes
Weapons in Schools and Zero-Tolerance Policies
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Losinski, Mickey; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Ryan, Joseph; Baughan, Cynthia – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
Horrific events such as the fatal shooting of three high school students in Chardon, Ohio, in the winter of 2012 places tremendous pressure on state and local agencies to ensure that schools provide a safe and conducive learning environment for all students. To help curb school violence, schools have adopted zero-tolerance policies, which often…
Descriptors: Weapons, Zero Tolerance Policy, Violence, School Safety
Discriminatory Discipline: Trends and Issues
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Whitford, Denise K.; Katsiyannis, Antonis; Counts, Jennifer – NASSP Bulletin, 2016
Discriminatory discipline has been widely documented for decades, yet little progress has been made to narrow the gap. Due to the long-standing history of discriminatory discipline, current nationwide data, and recent federal initiatives, there is a need for a comprehensive examination of this critical issue. Therefore, we discuss populations…
Descriptors: Discipline Policy, Discipline, Racial Discrimination, School Statistics
Principals' Challenges to Adverse Employment Actions: An Empirical Analysis of the Case Law
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Mayger, Linda K.; Zirkel, Perry A. – NASSP Bulletin, 2014
This article provides a tabular analysis of court rulings where public school principals challenged the adverse employment actions of involuntary transfer, suspension, demotion, nonrenewal, constructive termination, and termination during the period 1998-2012. The primary findings were that (a) the judicial outcomes were markedly in favor of the…
Descriptors: Principals, Employment Practices, Court Litigation, Performance Factors
Avoiding the Threat: An Exploratory Study Into a Theoretical Understanding of the De Facto Segregation of Students with Disabilities
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Williams, Jacob; Pazey, Barbara; Fall, Anna Mária; Yates, James R.; Roberts, Garrett J. – NASSP Bulletin, 2015
The purpose of this study is to investigate factors that may influence school administrators' disciplinary decisions involving students with disabilities. Confirmatory factor analysis suggests that the investigator-developed measures adequately represent the hypothesized latent factors per the pattern of observed responses. The hypothesized…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Administrator Attitudes
Litigation and Students with Disabilities: A Persistent Concern
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Katsiyannis, Antonis; Losinski, Mickey; Prince, Angela M. T. – NASSP Bulletin, 2012
Special education litigation remains a volatile area with significant practice implications. A review of the 2010 case law in the "Special Educator" identified discipline (manifestation determination, seclusion and restraints, harassment), evaluation/RTI, and postsecondary transition as specific areas of concern. School administrators should keep…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Court Litigation, Special Education Teachers, Special Needs Students