New Obama Directive to Schools 

 

Earlier this week, observing that “Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to be punished harshly,” the Obama Administration directed school districts to revise their policies to break the “school-to-prison pipeline.”

A laudable objective certainly, but the Critical Eye wonders about the downsides.

Looking online at classroom management theory, a reader is repeatedly exhorted to put the individual learner first. It goes without saying then, that the topic being studied and decorum of the overall group come in 2^nd & 3^rd.  In actual classroom practice 1 or 2 students' behavior can sabotage the time and instruction of others'. This dictum may lead to more disruption in school.

With Am. Educational stats telling us a very mediocre tale, the whole society needs to cast a critical eye on these kinds of decisions.