Why Teachers Should Not Be Allowed In Schools Essay

In the 1800’s, teachers were allowed free reign to any discipline they saw fit, from a loud yell, to a smack on the back of the head. Today’s teachers in the twenty first century are not allowed to raise a finger, not even to protect themselves if a student is physically assaulting them . Granted, the times have changed, and studies have shown corporal punishment is not as effective as people believe, but students should not be running the classroom, teachers should. teachers should also be allowed to punish students accordingly, without having to jump through hoops to avoid being fired. School discipline is insufficient and is putting teachers, students, and their education at risk. Most of these problems have been caused by new disciplinary reforms and movements such as PBIS, restorative discipline, and the not so new, IDEA act.

Many new acts and reforms have been in place whose goals aimed to help children remain in classrooms and out of suspensions and detentions One of these acts, the individuals with disabilities education act, or IDEA, was put into

In 2010 according to the American Psychological Association, 50% of all teachers were harassed and victimized by not only students but parents as well(source 12). Not only were teachers harassed, but school districts as well. Parents tend to be worse than students because they have the ability to sue a school and they can spread a story around to other parents and gain support. Parents cause more damage as well because they can ruin a school’s credibility as fast as they can post a photo on Facebook or twitter. Students will also use their parents as a safety net, which scares teachers and school districts, “ More than half of teachers, 55%, said that districts backing down from assertive parents causes discipline problems in the nation’s schools”(Scios