Summary
THE news that suspensions and exclusions from Glasgow's secondary schools are at their lowest ever level is a cause for cautious optimism. Coming as a result of a deliberate policy, a second significant fall in as many years is a success for the city council, which set out to cut the previously very high rate of exclusions from its schools.
Teachers and parents are rightly concerned about misbehaviour in the classroom, especially the very disruptive and sometimes violent activity that would in the past have led to exclusions. However, barring pupils from the classroom and, if the exclusion is made permanent, shunting them off to another school was never a highly productive course. Its invariable outcome was more disruption in the child's next placement, with the pupil more alienated from education by each subsequent move.See the full content of this document
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Making the Grade Decline in Number of Exclusions Is Welcome
Teachers may point to the difficulties in the lives of some of these pupils and complai...
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