School Discipline and Pushout

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Act Out, Get Out? Considering the Impact of School Discipline Practices in Massachusetts (Document)

"Act Out, Get Out? Considering the Impact of School Discipline Practices in Massachusetts" reviews why discipline policies are necessary, laws governing these policies, and national research on the effects of disciplinary removal.

Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice Annual Report 2010 (Document)

The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice, which advises the President, Congress and the Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, recently issued its 2010 Annual Report.

Suspended Education: Urban Middle Schools in Crisis (2010) (Document)

Middle schools across the country are suspending children with alarming frequency, particularly in some large urban school districts, where often schools were found to have suspended a third or more of their black male students in a given year.The study found that African-American children are suspended far more frequently than white children in general, with especially high racial differences in

Texas' School to Prison Pipeline: School Expulsion - The Path from Lockout to Lockup (2010) (Document)

This report from Texas Appleseed documents the overrepresentation of minority and special education students in expulsions from Texas schools -- particularly for non-criminal Student Code of Conduct violations (April 2010).

Pushed Out: Harsh Discipline in Louisiana Schools Denies the Right to Education (2010) (Document)

Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated Children (FFLIC) and the National Economic and Social Rights Initiative (NESRI) released the report, Pushed Out: Harsh Discipline in Louisiana Schools Denies the Right to Education (jan 2010).

Oregon's School to Prison Pipeline (2010) (Document)

Oregon’s school-to-prison pipeline is an urgent civil rights challenge in Oregon. Mirroring a national trend, the school-toprison- pipeline in Oregon refers to the disproportionate punishment of students of color that begins with more serious punishment than their white peers in school and a greater likelihood of intervention by juvenile justice authorities.

Failed Policies, Broken Futures: The True Cost of Zero Tolerance (Document)

VOYCE’s report, “Failed Policies, Broken Futures: The True Cost of Zero Tolerance,” illustrates the true impact that harsh discipline policies have had on the educational experiences of CPS students, including the following:

Telling It Like It Is (Document)

Miami Youth Speak out on the School-to-Prison Pipeline.

Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Fact Sheet (Document)

The Children’s Defense Fund’s Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign is a national and community crusade to engage families, youth, communities and policy makers in the development of healthy, safe and educated children. Poverty, racial disparities and a culture of punishment rather than prevention and early intervention are key forces driving the Pipeline.

Fact Sheet: Safe and Fair Schools (Document)

During the 2010-11 school year, the Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) handed out nearly 18,000 short-term and long-term suspensions—in disproportionate number to minority students. Short-term and long-term suspensions accounted for more than 75,000 missed school days. Nearly one-third of students who received at least one suspension (31.3%) were students
with disabilities, even though they were only approximately 13% of the student population.

How and Why To Represent Students in School Suspension Appeals (Document)
Overview of Fourteen Southern States' Suspension Laws (2010) (Document)

A detailed overview of school discipline policies in fourteen southern states in five key areas: 1) Suspension procedures; 2) Appeals process; 3) Conditions for admittance/readmittance to other district in state 4) Alternative education. 

Research Data Contradicts Presumptions of Zero Tolerance Policies (Document)

"Are Zero Tolerance Policies Effective in the Schools? An Evidentiary Review and Recommendations," American Psychological Association Zero Tolerance Task Force (2006).

Stopping the North Carolina School to Prison Pipeline (Web Resource)

Read a number of national resources and reports related specifically to North Carolina and it's locales, and get critical information to stop the school to prison pipeline in that state.

Student-Led Solutions to the Nation's Dropout Crisis (Document)

The state of the dropout crisis in America is well known and documented.

Suspension Contributes To Dropping Out (Document)

"School House Hype: Two Years Later," Justice Policy Institute and the Children's Law Center (2000).

Suspension Rates, Attendance and Dropout in a Kentucky Case Study (Document)

“School Characteristics Related to the Use of Suspension,” Education and Treatment of Children, Vol. 27, No. 24, (2004).

Suspensions in Early Grades Contribute to Dropout in Florida (Document)

"Predictors of suspensions and negative school outcomes: A longitudinal investigation." Deconstructing the School to Prison Pipeline. New Directions for Youth Development, No. 99

Discipline Has Greatest Impact on Pushout of Younger Students (Document)

"When and Why Dropouts Leave High School," Youth and Society, Vol. 38, No. 1, 26-57 (September 2006).

Varying Interpretations of Zero Tolerance in Urban, Suburban and Rural Schools (2004) (Document)

"What a Difference the Community Makes: Zero Tolerance Policy Interpretation and Implementation," Equity & Excellence in Education, Vol. 37, 351-359 (2004).

Parents Document Suspensions and Pushouts in Los Angeles Schools (Document)

"More Education. Less Suspension. A Call to Action to Stop the Pushout Crisis in South Los Angeles," CADRE (June 2006).