Why Do Schools Suspond To Punishment?

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Does suspending kids from school really solve the problem? Don’t students want to stay home anyway? If it’s not helpful, then why do schools still use it? Suspension has been the most common method for severe punishment for years, and some claim that it doesn’t work and that we need to find a better solution; others claim that suspension has availed in the past and it will continue to suffice. Although suspension seems as though it would work as an effective disciplinary strategy, schools should create a different method of punishment for students because some suspensions may result in dropouts, it doesn’t provide reliable solution to the original problem, and there are far better ways to handle a dispute than throwing them out of school temporarily. …show more content…

Suspensions don’t even seem to benefit the school as a whole. Many recent years display that for schools which have dramatically reduced suspensions, the dropout rate has been cut nearly in half. While it is true that suspension does rid the school of misbehaving children for a time, some children see the suspensions as more reason to drop out of school, but reducing the number of suspensions may also reduce the number of dropouts.
Suspending students doesn’t completely fix the original problem which could cause the original problem to reoccur. According to the article “Why Do We Suspend Misbehaving Students” by Brian Palmer,“A 2011 study showed that Texas students who were suspended or expelled at least once during middle school and high school averaged four such disciplinary actions during their academic careers. Fourteen percent of them were suspended 11 times or more.” Yes, suspensions are easy and familiar, but they are not reliable and don’t solve the entire

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