School Suspensions and Expulsions: The Roots of the Achievement Gap?
Experts for years have looked at the achievement gap in our schools as a matter of forcing more learning into the kids. Experts say the achievement gap starts with suspending and expelling children in preschool -- dragging them farther and farther behind over time.
Suspensions, Expulsions of Black Students: The School to Prison Pipeline?Tamberlee Tarver's son Camron has been suspended from his North Portland school nine times since last October. He's run away from teacher...
School to Prison Pipeline Part 2: Solutions – and FailuresAn anonymous caller phoned The Skanner News office to say 5-year-old Camron Tarver is a real brat, and that fact hadn't been adequately r...
Office for Civil Rights study shows black students face more discipline. What do you think about this? nyti.ms/yACFnV
Chicago Public School Students Face Racial Discipline Gap: Education Department: In Chicago public schools, blac... tinyurl.com/7sxmc4p
If you're a black student in LA, you're almost 3 times more likely to be suspended than any other race huff.to/zqPyJE
AchievementThe disproportionate incarceration of young people of color and the achievement gap are linked; the common denominator is the vast propor...
Black Students Face More Harsh Discipline, Data ShowsBlack students, especially boys, face much harsher discipline in public schools than other students, according to new data from the .
Commission on Children, Families and Community | Multnomah ...Schools, Community Focused on Keeping Students of Color in School. 1/10/12 - 4:36 pm. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. January 10, 2012. CONTACT:...
Study exposes myths about school discipline - Washington PostJul 19, 2011 ... Harsh punishment is not always a reflection of the students in a particular school. A new study, conducted over more t...
If you're a black student in LA, you're almost 3 times more likely to be suspended than any other race huff.to/zqPyJE via HuffPost
An epidemic of expulsionsBAKERSFIELD, Calif. - As he waited for his first disciplinary appeal hearing to begin this fall, the sixth-grade student began sobbing. H....jpg)
The California Endowment - Program AreasTexas suspension and expulsion rates are no longer a secret to most, but in California, almost 800,000 suspensions and expulsions are adm...
Who Killed School Discipline? by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal ...Court decisions and federal laws have turned principals into psychobabbling bureaucrats. How can kids respect them? City Journal - Spri...
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Race gap in school discipline persists in SeattleNearly two decades after it began tracking student discipline, Seattle Public Schools continues to struggle with a chronic problem: In it...- RT @MrDavidJohns: #TeachTheBabies Racial disparities in MA school discipline policies otlcampaign.org/blog/2012/01/3… #opp2learn
Racial disparity in school discipline in Massachusetts iwatchnews.org/2012/01/30/772… via @iWatch- School to Prison Pipeline | NAACP LDFEducation | School to Prison Pipeline. In recent years, a disturbing shift has occurred in our education system. Rather than employ tra...
Juvenile Justice on iWatch NewsBy Susan Ferriss December 11, 2011 Teresa Arredondo stands with her son in front of his elementary school in Bakersfield, Calif. Tomas Ov...
Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study of How School Discipline Relates to Students’ Success and Juvenile Justice Involvement | CSG Knowledge CenterIn an unprecedented study of nearly 1 million Texas public secondary school students followed for more than six years, nearly 60 percent ...
