Pushout Factors

I. What is the Pushout Problem?

II. Discipline and Pushout

a. Background on Zero Tolerance and Suspension Statistics
b. Linking Discipline and Pushout
c. Policing Criminalization and Pushout
d. Alternative School Programs and Pushout

III. Low-Achievement, Testing, and Pushout

IV. Special Education and Pushout

V. Other Factors Contributing to Dropout and Pushout

a. Background and Dropout Rate Statistics
b. Student Disengagement and Teacher Relationships
c. Early Development
d. Consequences of the Dropout Crisis