Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority(Book).

JUDGING School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority (Book); EDUCATIONAL accountability; RESPONSIBILITY; HIGH schools; SECONDARY education

This article presents information about the book "Judging School Discipline: The Crisis of Moral Authority." A New York University professor of sociology and education argues that the moral authority of teachers and principals has been waning for four decades. He investigates the history of this trend, examining 1,200 individual cases in which a school's right to control students was contested and explores phenomenon's negative consequences for American education.