Education Law

Milwaukee Public Schools Cited for Excessive Use of Suspensions

By Charles Fox

Milwaukee Public Schools have been cited in a recent report  for the overuse of suspensions.  Over reliance on suspensions reflect a lack of effective positive behavioral interventions in favor of "remove the child, remove the problem." The reality is that when the student comes back to school he or she is even more likely to offend again because he or she is now behind in work, class is not relevant and so the cycle goes. The process too often ends with students with special needs dropping out or becoming involved in criminal activity while out of school on suspension. I fully appreciate that order and discipline need to be maintained in school but more constructive and positive means need to used to prevent this harmful cycle that does not help students, schools or the larger community.

Full post as published by Special Education Law Blog on August 07, 2008 (boomark / email).