LA UNIFIED HOLDS FIRST POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SYMPOSIUM
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Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images - A student on his way to school walks past a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) school bus.
Nov. 2, 2011 | Some 350 Los Angeles Unified educators attended a first-of-its-kind symposium Wednesday on how schools can improve student behavior.
Discipline problems are frustrating to teachers and contribute to students’ poor academic performance and drop out rates.
At the symposium, one education scholar told participants why harsh discipline doesn’t compel students to behave. Another speaker, this one a public interest lawyer, said more people need to advocate on students’ behalf.
L.A. County Juvenile Court Judge Donna Groman told the group that time in juvenile hall doesn’t help all students who break school rules — so