Category: Alternatives to Suspension

Implementing Policies to Reduce the Likelihood of Preschool Expulsion
1/1/08 - Walter S. Gilliam
This policy brief examines factors associated with expulsion from Prekindergarten (PK). Recent research has explored issues regarding the rate at which preschoolers (children ages three to four) are expelled from PK programs, as well as some of the factors associated with expulsion and the effectiveness of mental health consultation to reduce the classroom behavior problems that may lead to expulsion. Although several factors that predict an increased likelihood of expulsion have been...
Test, Punish, and Push Out: How zero tolerance and high stakes testing funnel youth into the school to prison pipeline
1/1/10 - The Advancement Project,
"'Test, Punish, and Push Out' provides an overview of zero-tolerance school discipline and high-stakes testing, how they relate to each other, how laws and policies such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have made school discipline even more punitive, and the risk faced if these devastating policies are not reformed. The report explores: The common origins and ideological roots of zero tolerance and high-stakes testing; The current state of zero-tolerance school discipline across the...