Gov. Jerry Brown must decide by October 1 whether to approve a bill that will expand up through grade 8 the current law that eliminated suspensions in grades K-3 for disruption or defiance of school authorities.
In 2014, his approval of the law reflected a combination of his attention to research, as well as listening to superintendents, teachers, civil rights advocates and others.
A new report that I co-authored shows that suspensions for disruption or defiance have nearly been eliminated in K-3 grades and that several districts, including Los Angeles, have curtailed or eliminated suspensions for this catchall category for minor misbehaviors entirely in the upper grades, too.
[For more on this story by DAN LOSEN, go to https://edsource.org/2018/evid...-disruptive-behavior]
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