Now that school is back in session through much of the country, with the rest soon to follow, the subject of discipline in the schools is ripe for discussion.  Accordingly, over the next few weeks I intend to pick up a discussion on the topic I started a couple of months ago on this blog as the last school year was coming to a conclusion.


Sometimes things aren't what they appear to be.  Discipline programs in our schools are an example, as are the 21st century tools used to facilitate those discipline programs.  The perception is that they are doing certain things that they often just are not doing. 

When I was riding in the Yukon Territory of Canada and came upon the police car pictured above sitting by the road, upon closer inspection I realized it was a facade---attempting to establish order---rather than the real deal.  Many of our schools have discipline programs and discipline tools that are in one way, shape, or form mere facades designed to give the appearance of established order that---upon closer inspection---fail the test of achieving, or at least maximizing, effectiveness.