{"product_id":"judging-school-discipline-richard-arum-9780674018143","title":"Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority","description":"\u003cp\u003eReprimand a class comic, restrain a bully, dismiss a student for brazen attire--and you may be facing a lawsuit, costly regardless of the result. This reality for today's teachers and administrators has made the issue of school discipline more difficult than ever before--and public education thus more precarious. This is the troubling message delivered in \u003ci\u003eJudging School Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e, a powerfully reasoned account of how decades of mostly well-intended litigation have eroded the moral authority of teachers and principals and degraded the quality of American education. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudging School Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e casts a backward glance at the roots of this dilemma to show how a laudable concern for civil liberties forty years ago has resulted in oppressive abnegation of adult responsibility now. In a rigorous analysis enriched by vivid descriptions of individual cases, the book explores 1,200 cases in which a school's right to control students was contested. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichard Arum and his colleagues also examine several decades of data on schools to show striking and widespread relationships among court leanings, disciplinary practices, and student outcomes; they argue that the threat of lawsuits restrains teachers and administrators from taking control of disorderly and even dangerous situations in ways the public would support.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Arum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0674018141\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674018143\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harvard University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.20w x 0.91d","brand":"Richard Arum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120020353279,"sku":"9780674018143","price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8897933d-2cbd-42a4-ba4b-ad4f8fa50e22.jpg?v=1687412128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/judging-school-discipline-richard-arum-9780674018143","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}