NR Daily: When School-Discipline ‘Reform’ Makes Schools Less Safe

Last week, a new analysis of Philadelphia public schools found that the district's move to reform school discipline by embracing "restorative justice" had led to a raft of unfortunate results. The decision to eliminate suspensions for classroom "conduct" led to skyrocketing truancy, serious misbehavior, and declining achievement. Truancy had been steadily declining, but increased sharply after the new policy was adopted. Compared with other Pennsylvania school districts and after controlling for demographics, the district's math and reading achievement declined substantially after the adoption of the new policy ...

December 15 2017

VISIT NATIONALREVIEW.COM

When School-Discipline 'Reform' Makes Schools Less Safe Frederick M. Hess, Max C. Eden Last week, a new analysis of Philadelphia public schools found that the district's move to reform school discipline by embracing "restorative justice" had led to a raft of unfortunate results. The decision to eliminate suspensions for classroom "conduct" led to skyrocketing truancy, serious misbehavior, and declining... READ MORE China Mistakenly Challenges Andrew Jackson to a Duel Jerry Hendrix The United States Navy will be making a port call in Taiwan in the near future. The only questions that remain are where, when, and how many ships of what type will drop anchor or tie up at... Too Many Americans Are Going to College Kyle Smith Suppose you always wanted to date tall and good-looking people, and believe yourself to be tall and good-looking too. There's a club in your city called Lucky's where all the tall and... ADVERTISEMENT Can Only Trump Survive Trump? Rich Lowry The past two months of electoral losses for the Trump GOP feel very familiar. Newly elected president Barack Obama's party lost off-year gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey and... Alabama Was an Early Warning for Senate Republicans Theodore Kupfer After losing a seat in Alabama, Republicans hold a razor-thin 51–49 Senate majority. Judging strictly by the map, the GOP should increase that majority in 2018: Ten Democratic senators from... Picking the Lock in Alabama Michael Barone Turnout would be the key to which of the wildly conflicting polls would best presage the result of Alabama's special Senate election, wrote Republican consultant Patrick Ruffini earlier this... Optimistic Trump Stumps for Tax Cuts Deroy Murdock President Donald J. Trump's tormentors paint him as a brooding grinch who oozes pessimism. The New Republic last October decried "Trump's dark portrayal of the country." But Trump was Mr.... ADVERTISEMENT The Fleet at Flood Tide: America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945 James D. Hornfischer "A masterful account of the barbaric last year of the Pacific War...The Fleet at Flood Tide is, quite simply, popular and scholarly military history at its best." - Victor Davis Hanson LEARN MORE Santa Season Top Shots ADVERTISEMENT Follow Us & Share 19 West 44th Street, Suite 1701, New York, NY, 10036, USA Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.