Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety

by Charles Bell

Book Overview

The disturbing truth: school suspension does more than impede Black students' academic achievement--it also impacts their parents' employment and can violate state and federal laws.

Finalist of the C. Wright Mills Award by the Society for the Study of Social Problems

Decades of urban disinvestment and poverty have made educational attainment for Black youth more vital than at any time in recent history. Yet in their pursuit of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421442469
• ISBN13: 9781421442464
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"