Judging school discipline

by Richard Arum

"Reprimand a class comic, restrain a bully, dismiss a student for brazen attire - and you may be facing a lawsuit, costly regardless of the result. This reality for today's teachers and administrators has made the issue of school discipline more difficult than ever before - and public education thus more precarious. This is the troubling message delivered in Judging School Discipline, an account of how decades of mostly well-intended litigation have eroded the moral authority of teachers and principals and degraded the quality of American education." "Judging School Discipline casts a...

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