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A '''demerit''' is a point given to a student as a penalty for bad behavior.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rosen|first=Louis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FBOAwAAQBAJ&q=Demerit+(school+discipline)&pg=PA38|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators|date=2005-02-01|publisher=Corwin Press|isbn=978-1-4833-6139-0|language=en}}</ref> Under this once common practice, a student is given a number of merits during the beginning of the [[school term]] and a certain number of merits are deducted for every [[infraction]] committed.<ref>{{Cite book|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators, Second Edition|last=Rosen|first=Louis|date=2005|publisher=Corwin Press|isbn=1412913489|location=Thousand Oaks, CA|pages=38}}</ref> |
A '''demerit''' is a point given to a student as a penalty for bad behavior.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rosen|first=Louis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1FBOAwAAQBAJ&q=Demerit+(school+discipline)&pg=PA38|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators|date=2005-02-01|publisher=Corwin Press|isbn=978-1-4833-6139-0|language=en}}</ref> Under this once common practice, a student is given a number of merits during the beginning of the [[school term]] and a certain number of merits are deducted for every [[infraction]] committed.<ref>{{Cite book|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators, Second Edition|last=Rosen|first=Louis|date=2005|publisher=Corwin Press|isbn=1412913489|location=Thousand Oaks, CA|pages=38}}</ref> |
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After a certain number of demerits are accumulated, the student is given [[School detention|detention]], loss of privileges (e.g., being denied field trips and participation in school events), or some other punishment<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2015/08/28/the-demise-of-the-demerit |title=The Demise of the Demerit |access-date=2019-10-10 |archive-date=2020-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614143632/http://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2015/08/28/the-demise-of-the-demerit |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riverdale.k12.wi.us/middle/demerit-system.cfm |title=Riverdale School District - Demerit System |access-date=2019-10-10 |archive-date=2019-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010201135/https://www.riverdale.k12.wi.us/middle/demerit-system.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> based on the seriousness and frequency of the infraction.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control|last1=Deakin|first1=Jo|last2=Taylor|first2=Emmeline|last3=Kupchik|first3=Aaron|date=2018|publisher=Palgrave |
After a certain number of demerits are accumulated, the student is given [[School detention|detention]], loss of privileges (e.g., being denied field trips and participation in school events), or some other punishment<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2015/08/28/the-demise-of-the-demerit |title=The Demise of the Demerit |access-date=2019-10-10 |archive-date=2020-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614143632/http://discover.randolphschool.net/blog/k12/2015/08/28/the-demise-of-the-demerit |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riverdale.k12.wi.us/middle/demerit-system.cfm |title=Riverdale School District - Demerit System |access-date=2019-10-10 |archive-date=2019-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010201135/https://www.riverdale.k12.wi.us/middle/demerit-system.cfm |url-status=dead }}</ref> based on the seriousness and frequency of the infraction.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Palgrave International Handbook of School Discipline, Surveillance, and Social Control|last1=Deakin|first1=Jo|last2=Taylor|first2=Emmeline|last3=Kupchik|first3=Aaron|date=2018|publisher=Palgrave <ref>https://d2y1pz2y630308.cloudfront.net/1412/documents/2017/6/MS_Policies%20and%20Procedures.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> |
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One criticism of demerit systems is that they create [[bookkeeping]] problems and can result in students receiving severe punishments for minor infractions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1997-02-12-3133262-story.html|title=School's Demerit System May be Expelled * Panel in Northampton Says Simpler Method Needed to Make Punishment Fit 'Crime.'}}</ref> Another criticism is that older [[Adolescence|adolescents]] learn how to manipulate a demerit system.<ref>{{cite book|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators|author=Louis Rosen}}</ref> There are also critics who cite that demerits wear parents down with constant parental meetings and leave students behind due to missed instructional time as a consequence of punishments such as detention and suspension.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Choosing Charters: Better Schools or More Segregation?|last1=Rotberg|first1=Iris C.|last2=Glazer|first2=Joshua L.|date=2018|publisher=Teachers College Press|isbn=9780807759004|location=New York|pages=74}}</ref> |
One criticism of demerit systems is that they create [[bookkeeping]] problems and can result in students receiving severe punishments for minor infractions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1997-02-12-3133262-story.html|title=School's Demerit System May be Expelled * Panel in Northampton Says Simpler Method Needed to Make Punishment Fit 'Crime.'}}</ref> Another criticism is that older [[Adolescence|adolescents]] learn how to manipulate a demerit system.<ref>{{cite book|title=School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators|author=Louis Rosen}}</ref> There are also critics who cite that demerits wear parents down with constant parental meetings and leave students behind due to missed instructional time as a consequence of punishments such as detention and suspension.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Choosing Charters: Better Schools or More Segregation?|last1=Rotberg|first1=Iris C.|last2=Glazer|first2=Joshua L.|date=2018|publisher=Teachers College Press|isbn=9780807759004|location=New York|pages=74}}</ref> |
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A demerit is a point given to a student as a penalty for bad behavior.[1] Under this once common practice, a student is given a number of merits during the beginning of the school term and a certain number of merits are deducted for every infraction committed.[2]
After a certain number of demerits are accumulated, the student is given detention, loss of privileges (e.g., being denied field trips and participation in school events), or some other punishment[3][4] based on the seriousness and frequency of the infraction.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).
One criticism of demerit systems is that they create bookkeeping problems and can result in students receiving severe punishments for minor infractions.[5] Another criticism is that older adolescents learn how to manipulate a demerit system.[6] There are also critics who cite that demerits wear parents down with constant parental meetings and leave students behind due to missed instructional time as a consequence of punishments such as detention and suspension.[7]
References
- ^ Rosen, Louis (2005-02-01). School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators. Corwin Press. ISBN 978-1-4833-6139-0.
- ^ Rosen, Louis (2005). School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators, Second Edition. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. p. 38. ISBN 1412913489.
- ^ "The Demise of the Demerit". Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "Riverdale School District - Demerit System". Archived from the original on 2019-10-10. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "School's Demerit System May be Expelled * Panel in Northampton Says Simpler Method Needed to Make Punishment Fit 'Crime.'".
- ^ Louis Rosen. School Discipline: Best Practices for Administrators.
- ^ Rotberg, Iris C.; Glazer, Joshua L. (2018). Choosing Charters: Better Schools or More Segregation?. New York: Teachers College Press. p. 74. ISBN 9780807759004.
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