Before Greene’s program was put in place, conventional discipline at Central was the norm. During the 2009-10 school year, kids were referred to the principal’s office for discipline 146 times, and two were suspended. Two years later, the number of referrals was down to 45, with zero suspensions, all thanks to focusing more on “meeting the child’s needs and solving problems instead of controlling behavior,” principal Nina D’Aran told me. “That’s a big shift.”
Source: What If Everything You Knew About Disciplining Kids Was Wrong? | Mother Jones
