1983 Events
What is " A Nation at Risk"?
This report was released in April 1983 and said schools were "failing."
What is federal education policy?
Law enforcement being brought into schools became this type of policy.
What is stricter discipline?
Labeling schools as "failing" led to this type of response.
Labeling schools as "failing" led to this type of response.
why do you think schools started becoming stricter during this time period?
Because the government believed stricter discipline would reduce crime and restore order schools.
what is the Reagan Administration?
This administration responded by linking fail schools to crime.
What are zero-tolerance policies?
These strict discipline rules started spreading during this time.
What is police presence?
Linking schools to crime caused this to increase in schools.
What is police presence?
Linking schools to crime caused this to increase in schools.
how could harsh discipline affect a students future?
it can lead to suspensions, failing behind on school, and a higher chance of entering the justice system.
What is the Department of Justice?
What is punishment?
Schools started focusing more on this instead of helping students.
What are student arrests?
Bringing police into schools led to more of these.
What are prison sentences
The anit-drug abuse act created harsh mandatory minimum setences
Do you think punishment or support works better in schools? why?
support works better because helping students solve problems is more effective than constantly punishing them.
What is "order"?
The goal of involving this group was to restore this.
What is policing?
What are suspensions and explosions?
What are suspensions and explosions?
zero-tolerance policies caused more students to receive these punishments.
It can make schools feel more like prisons and cause students to feel watched criminalized.
What is radical reform?
The report called for this type of change in education.
What is mass incarceration?
These policies helped create a path toward this system.
What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
All of these changes together created this pipeline.
what is mass incarceration?
The Anti-Drug Abuse Act helped increase this problem in the United States.
What changes could schools make to help students instead of pushing them out.
schools could provide counselling, mental health support, restorative justice programs, and better student resources instead of relying on suspensions and arrests.