Beyond Bullying Book Review

Beyond bullying is a book that tries to examine the implications of policing of schools on leaners of color and harsh school discipline. Additionally, it explains the role played by adult groups in perpetuating hostile environments for youth in schools. The book also reviews the importance of having supportive and fair discipline policies instead of criminalizing and punitive. Some government publications fail greatly in explaining why discipline policies does not only impact negatively on youth but also the gay, lesbians and transgendered pupils. Majority of public schools serve as pipelines for many juveniles instead of being supportive according to Nice (20). The study examines the major issues addressed in the book beyond bullying.

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first place,LGBTyouth were often pushed out of classrooms due to hostile climates from their schools. When a member belonging to this group became tormented by classmates and ended up being emotionally weak or physically harmed, the media would avoid talking about such situations. Despite bullying grabbing headlines as it is supposed to be, that’s only a small portion of the story when it comes to the LGBTsafety in schools as they feel unwelcomed. Mitchum and Moodie-Mills explains that bullying among peers is an integral factor that impacts on the school climate and has been linked to poor health and educational outcomes (16). Studies have further revealed that harsh school discipline policies often degrade the general school experience and cycle the LGBT students and youths into juvenile justice systems at rates that are highly alarming. People have been noted to overlook the role played by harsh schools policies and mature adults in setting climate in learning institutions. Discipline policies and its application set the tone for education environment hence shape the general experience for students of color and LGBT youth.
The book suggest that both actions and inactions of adults in schools associated with climate mostly those that go beyond bullying, have the potential to derail young students. Such actions from adults may push these young groups into a cycle of unfair criminalization that brings several consequences such as experiencing harsh disciplinary treatments. Secondly, having high racial disparities in school discipline results to almost no correlation of high punishment rates with the rates of high indiscipline among LGBY youth.According to Hepner2015, there will be over presentation of LGByouths in the juvenile system (27). Schoolofficials are also to blame as they do not contribute enough to enhance welcoming and safe environments for their students. This has been linked to the significant distrust of school administrators.
Welcoming and safe climates are crucial to achieving positive outcomes in the field of education for youths especially LGBTones and those students of color. These groups often face a lot of harassment, discrimination and bias at school based not only on their sexual orientation but also gender identity and race. In this article, the disparate impact of policing schools on students of color and harsh school discipline has been examined. Furthermore, it has clearly outlined how adults contribute to creating of hostile school environments for theyouths. The article has explained the importance of having supportive and discipline policies instead of criminalizing and punitive ones. The society needs to create a healthy environment for its students in order for them to become successful in whatever they do.