PBIS Entrenches Weak School Discipline

PBIS is sold as a neutral management system, but in practice it biases schools toward rewards and away from consequences. Its flexibility and federal backing let districts avoid punitive measures without naming that choice, weakening teacher authority and fueling disorder and burnout. Because it dominates U.S. discipline policy, the effect scales nationally. — This shifts the school-discipline debate from blaming 'restorative justice' to examining PBIS’s design and federal sponsorship as drivers of classroom chaos and learning loss.