... of the student in question and other members of the school community at risk. However there must be an examination of alternative methods of encouraging more acceptable social behaviour. The goal must be to increase acceptable behaviour whi! le at the same time maximizing an at-risk students opportunity to maintain his or her time in a learning environment. School-based administrators must ... quick, though usually temporary, results (Maag, 2001). Suspending students from the school setting was originally intended to serve two purposes. First, to remove a student from the school environ...

• Word Count: 1622
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate