We need to rethink discipline in schools
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The Role of Compliance in Schooling
When we have school systems that are structured such that the kinds of behaviors that are esteemed or valued, they align with sitting still and not speaking out of turn. There's nothing inherent about either one of those characteristics that's necessarily problematic is problematic because of our behavioral expectations based on the ways in which we structured schooling. Some schools for instance that prioritize the type of rote compliance that we're referring to also disproportionately enroll black and brown students.
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