Los Padillas shifted away from exclusionary discipline, with no in- or out-of-school suspensions in 2023–24, and retained nearly all its teachers over 5 years¶
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q2 i? During 2023–24 no Los Padillas students received in- or out-of-school suspension, and over the past 5 years the school retained nearly all its teachers. → Germain 2024
Evidence¶
Germain 2024¶
Germain, E. (2024). New Mexico community school profile: Los Padillas Elementary School. Learning Policy Institute. https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/new-mexico-community-school-los-padillas-brief
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Outcome bullet in the Progress section, sourced to interviews and district documentation. It reports "no students received in- or out-of-school suspension" in 2023–24 and, in a separate bullet, that Los Padillas "has retained nearly all its teachers" over the past 5 years.
"The school has shifted away from exclusionary discipline practices. During the 2023–24 school year, no students received in- or out-of-school suspension."
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Related Claims¶
- Los Padillas Elementary improved reading and math achievement and cut chronic absence by 50% between 2021 and 2024 after adopting community schools — related
- Schools implementing restorative justice report decreases in exclusionary discipline such as suspensions and expulsions — a broader claim this one bears on
- Exclusionary discipline harms students and disproportionately affects students of color, so tracking suspension data can promote positive interventions — related
- 66% of Los Padillas students reported a sense of belonging in 2023–24, well above the 44% for students in the rest of the district — related
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Los Padillas shifted away from exclusionary discipline, with no in- or out-of-school suspensions in 2023–24, and retained nearly all its teachers over 5 years |
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Los Padillas shifted away from exclusionary discipline, with no in- or out-of-school suspensions in 2023–24, and retained nearly all its teachers over 5 years |
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