A new study commissioned by the National Institute for Hustling and Inciting the Launch and Implementation of School Mayhem (NIHILISM) reports that efforts by teachers and principals to enforce discipline in their classrooms have a negative impact on children’s education and future prospects.
Analysts A.J. Kaczynski and V. McVeigh found that “discouraging genuine expression will blunt students’ potential for success and happiness. America’s future would brighten if these faux Officer Krupke’s would allow the Jets and Sharks (and Crips and Bloods) to engage in the behaviors they desire. And anyway, who cares? Nothing matters.”
The report includes a laudatory foreword by Office for Civil Rights head Catherine Lemon. She writes that “my colleagues and I are doing everything in our power to root out discrimination against violent students without regard to race, gender, religion, economic status, or family background. Our counterparts at the Justice Department are also examining the ways in which inhibiting pupil expression may violate the First Amendment.”
SOURCE: A.J. Kaczynski & V. McVeigh, “Nothing Matters: Classroom Discipline and Student Achievement,” NIHILISM (March 2016).