Resources on Pushout
The DSC has developed this website to share information about the pushout problem. This website includes summaries and links to research articles, policy briefs, advocacy reports, how to guides, websites and other resources. The website also includes information on strategies being used on the ground to combat pushout and implement effective alternatives to zero-tolerance discipline.
This website is a work in progress and we are continuously looking to include more resources. If you have suggestions for articles to include or information about local strategies being used in your community email the research project at liz@nesri.org.
Browse research summaries by topic:
Pushout Factors - Pushout, Dropout and Destructive Discipline Practices
Includes summaries of research studies, news articles and advocacy reports on how and why students are being pushed out of school, including the link between discipline and pushout.
Includes summaries of research studies, news articles and advocacy reports on how and why students are being pushed out of school, including the link between discipline and pushout.
Human Rights Approach - Right to Education and Dignity
Includes summaries of international human rights treaties recognizing the right to education and dignity in discipline, advocacy reports documenting human rights conditions in schools, and examples of human rights based education policy in countries around the world.
Includes summaries of international human rights treaties recognizing the right to education and dignity in discipline, advocacy reports documenting human rights conditions in schools, and examples of human rights based education policy in countries around the world.
Policy Alternatives - Positive Discipline and Preventing Pushout
Includes data-based research, case studies and guides on effective school and district models that prevent pushout and take positive approaches to discipline.
Includes data-based research, case studies and guides on effective school and district models that prevent pushout and take positive approaches to discipline.
Advocacy Strategies - On the Ground Work to End Pushout
Includes information on advocacy, legal, legislative, organizing and school-based models for combating pushout gathered from interviews with policy-makers, lawyers, educators and organizers.
Includes information on advocacy, legal, legislative, organizing and school-based models for combating pushout gathered from interviews with policy-makers, lawyers, educators and organizers.