Suspending Chicago's Students: Differences in Discipline Practicess across Schools

by Shanette Porter, Lauren Sartain, Elaine M. Allensworth

Students' risk of suspension is more strongly determined by which school they attend than by their backgrounds-including their race, gender or income. A subset of Chicago schools-about a quarter of high schools and 10 percent of schools with middle grades-have very high suspension rates, and almost all of these schools predominantly serve African American students. These schools' students come from the poorest neighborhoods with the lowest incoming...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0990956350
• ISBN13: 9780990956358
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Consortium on Chicago School Research
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"