A number of educators, parents, community leaders, students have initiated a national call for a moratorium on out-of-school suspensions and for schools to adopt more constructive disciplinary policies that benefit students, classrooms, and communities.
This initiative comes as recently released federal data revealed that Black and Latino students and students with disabilities are disproportionately targeted by suspensions and are likely to be punished more severely than white students for minor, subjective misbehavior. The coalition, which includes the Dignity in Schools Campaign and the Opportunity to Learn Campaign, is stating that this method of disciplinary action deepens the achievement gap, contributes to high dropout rates, and increases the likelihood of student arrests and referrals to the juvenile justice system.
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Related resources:
Education World: In-School Suspension: A Learning Tool
Education World: School Policy Expert: Do Detentions and Suspensions Work?
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