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Publisher(s): Civil Rights Project
Author(s): Losen, Daniel J.; Jon Gillespie; Tia Martinez
Funder(s): Atlantic Philanthropies, California Endowment
View Report (15 pages; 697KB; PDF)
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Area of Focus: Low-Performing Schools
Abstract
The report and companion spreadsheet analyze data on school suspensions in nearly 500 California school districts, according to race/ethnicity, gender, and disability status. The report highlights research showing suspensions to be ineffective and harmful and calls for implementing evidence-based alternatives.
Key Findings and/or Recommendations
=An estimated 7.1 percent of all students in California were suspended at least once in the 2009-2010 school year.
=Nearly one out of every five African-American students (18 percent), one in nine American-Indian students (11 percent), and one in 14 Latino students (7 percent) in the sample were suspended at least once in 2009-10, compared to one in 17 white students (6 percent) and one in 33 Asian-American students (3 percent).
=Students with disabilities experienced twice the risk for suspension (one in seven students, or 13.4 percent), compared to their non-disabled peers (one in 16 students, or 6.4 percent).
Focus: California
Subjects/Keywords: Disability; Discipline; Gender; Minorities; Public School; Race/Ethnicity; Suspension
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