Suspended Education: School Punishment and the Legacy of Racial Injustice

by Aaron Kupchik

How the historic resistance to racial desegregation in schools led to the over-punishment of students today

Every year, millions of public school students are suspended. This overused punishment removes students from the classroom, but it does not improve their behavior. Instead, suspension disrupts their education, harming the students, their families, and their schools. Black students suffer most within this broken system, experiencing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479821144
• ISBN13: 9781479821143
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 296 Pages