School discipline causes lasting, harmful impact on Black students, study finds
School discipline causes lasting, harmful impact on Black students, study finds
- February 9, 2022
- Andrew Penner and Miles Davison, sociology, Daily Pilot, Feb. 9, 2022
High school students who are suspended or expelled are more than twice as likely to be charged or convicted of a crime and incarcerated as a young adult, according to a recent UC Irvine study …. “Schools should be about enabling students to thrive,” said sociology professor Andrew Penner, a co-author of the study. “There’s nothing about the logic of punishment and incapacitation that helps prepare students to thrive.”
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