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discipline disparities

New York
October 11, 2018

Black students in New York City receive harsher suspensions for the same infractions, report finds

The report zeroed in on the top 10 infractions and found that black students were more likely to receive harsher punishments for 8 of them.

Man Up

Tennessee
July 10, 2018

With Man Up, a new Memphis teacher prep program is training, mentoring men of color

Patrick Washington has teaching in his blood.   Washington’s great-great-grandfather, Richard Adkins, was born a slave in Marshall County, Mississippi. After…

chalk talk

Tennessee
June 5, 2017

How this Memphis student-turned-professor is seeking to address racial stereotyping in school discipline

An experience at Ridgeway High School contributed to a research career focused on student discipline, especially for black males.

Black girls and trauma

Tennessee
March 2, 2017

Here’s how one Memphis school is changing the way it disciplines girls of color

Aspire Coleman responds to research pointing to trauma as a root of disciplinary problems that lead to higher rates of suspension among black girls.

discipline debate

Colorado
March 2, 2017

Colorado could be at the forefront in cutting back on early childhood suspensions and expulsions. Here’s how.

A proposed state law would limit out-of-school suspensions and expulsions for Colorado preschool and early elementary students.