Another solution or technique that can be used to improve the “school-to-pipeline” challenges is to improve the way children, especially at-risk children, are disciplined in school. The concept of detention can be ameliorated. When children get in trouble in schools and are sent to detention, it is perceived with shame and humiliation. Changing the techniques used to discipline children in detention can help children learn from their mistakes rather than reinforce the image of them being “bad”. Having a class of children in detention and having them learn to use coping skills or having them speak to peer mentors to help them address their problems or work towards a solution is better than having children sit there for an hour doing nothing.
