> Another speaker said the district should emphasize diversity, equity and inclusion in any new behavior code. <
That’s absolutely where every major public school district is headed. It’s much easier to write position papers than it is to bring order to classrooms.
I taught for decades in urban high schools. My last school was roughly 50% black and 50% white. Permit me to make two comments.
1. Even in my worst classes, the majority of kids were okay. Their major problem was attendance. Missing one or two days out of every five was not uncommon. But when they were there, they tried to learn.
Those kids, black and white, who show up and try to learn are the real victims of chaotic classrooms. They are being robbed of their education.
2. Most of my small-problem disruptive students were black. They’d talk in class, refuse to stay in their seats, use their cell phones, etc. It was as the article noted.
But the true psycho kids were almost always white. It was because of them that I kept a weapon on my desk. That weapon was a heavy ring stand pole. I was a science teacher, so it did not look out of place.
thank you for what your experience was