Green Dot's schools have had
high suspension rates for years.
Esther Quintero, a senior policy fellow at the Albert Shanker Institute, a non-profit education think tank, says the disproportionately
high suspension rates for black students could be alleviated by keeping more teachers of color in the classroom.
The shaded cells indicate whether low or
high suspension rates for blacks are dominant.
Let's dig deeper into the disproportionate number of suspensions received by black students and see how schools with
high suspension rates for black students differ from schools with low rates.
Not after last week's report from the N.C. Department of Public Instruction (DPI), which showed — once again — staggeringly
high suspension rates for North Carolina's black students.
A review establishes that
the higher suspension rates for black students in the district were primarily due to the harsher attendance rules at the schools with majority black enrollment.
Wisconsin had the dubious record of having had the nation's
highest suspension rates for Black students, according to a 2014 study by the Civil Rights Project at the University of California / Los Angeles.
Large schools have
higher suspension rates for blacks than small schools.
Schools enrolling a greater percentage of black students exhibit
higher suspension rates for black students than schools with fewer black students.
For example, Montana and Idaho were shown to have the smallest suspension gap between African American and white students, but were among eight states in the nation with
the highest suspension rates for Native American students (Losen & Gillespie, 2012).
Two in three students can't read at grade level and it has the second
highest suspension rate for elementary schools in all of LAUSD.
The 11 families named in the suit have demands for the state, county, and district that includes health and educational screenings, special education services, universal pre-K, and changes to current discipline approaches; Flint has a much
higher suspension rate for special education students than the state average.
Not exact matches
The Relay is made with avid joggers in mind and it has
high ratings for the premium
suspension system, so important to smooth out the ride when you're going fast.
The disabled child
rate is payable if: · disability living allowance, personal independence payment or Armed Forces Independence Payment (AFIP) is payable
for the child or is normally payable but has ceased because they are a patient in hospital; or · they are certified as severely sight impaired or blind by a consultant ophthalmologist, or has ceased to be registered or certified blind within 28 weeks immediately preceding the date of claim The severely disabled child
rate is payable if: · the
highest rate care component of disability living allowance or the enhanced daily living component of personal independence payment or any component of armed forces independence payment is payable
for them or would be payable but
for suspension or abatement due to hospitalisation 3.
High levels of
suspension rates for black and Hispanic students, and boys in particular, have been an issue of contention since the discipline code was strengthened during the Bloomberg era.
She has defended her schools»
high standards and has railed against the city's de-escalation of discipline policies that led to skyrocketing
rates of
suspensions for minority students.
The
suspension rate for these children is nearly twice as
high at 10.2 %, compared to just 5.3 %
for those living with two married parents.
To the contrary, when schools serving similar populations were compared across the state of Indiana, and poverty was controlled
for, those schools with relatively low
suspension rates had
higher, not lower test scores
Schools with large populations, schools exclusively serving middle school grades (e.g., grades six to eight), and schools serving a
high proportion of poor or black students are all associated with elevated
suspension rates for African - Americans.
The commissioner may also place under preliminary registration review any school that has conditions that threaten the health, safety and / or educational welfare of students or has been the subject of persistent complaints to the department by parents or persons in parental relation to the student, and has been identified by the commissioner as a poor learning environment based upon a combination of factors affecting student learning, including but not limited to:
high rates of student absenteeism,
high levels of school violence, excessive
rates of student
suspensions, violation of applicable building health and safety standards,
high rates of teacher and administrator turnover, excessive
rates of referral of students to or participation in special education or excessive
rates of participation of students with disabilities in the alternate assessment, excessive transfers of students to alternative
high school and
high school equivalency programs and excessive use of uncertified teachers or teachers in subject areas other than those
for which they possess certification.
Roxbury Prep has been criticized
for its strict discipline and
high suspension rates — suspending nearly 60 percent of its students out - of - school during the 2012 - 13 school year.
A major reason
for doing so is that racial disparities associated with
suspensions are glaring: Suspensions of African - American students occur at rates three to four times higher than the state average for al
suspensions are glaring:
Suspensions of African - American students occur at rates three to four times higher than the state average for al
Suspensions of African - American students occur at
rates three to four times
higher than the state average
for all students.
In recognition of the association noted above — that
suspension rates differ by the grade configuration of schools — performance levels are different
for elementary, middle, and
high schools.
In 2013, the California Department of Education reported alarmingly
high rates of
suspension and expulsions
for black and brown boys in LAUSD, which meant these students were spending more time receiving discipline and less time receiving instruction.
hat Green's article does not cover at all is this: the
highest school
suspension and expulsion
rates for students of color can often be found in the Twin Cities» ever - expanding landscape of highly segregated charter schools.
Suspension rates for elementary schoolers in segregated Minnesota charters are very
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Districts with
high rates of chronic absence, out - of - school
suspensions, and school drop outs will be given priority
for these grants aimed at improving student outcomes by reducing truancy and supporting students who are at risk of dropping out of school or are victims of crime.
Summary: A new study looking at the costs associated with suspending students in California finds that taxpayers are on the hook
for billions of dollars each year due to the impact of
suspensions, which can lower the
high school graduation
rate.
Syracuse also stands out
for having the
highest suspension rate among the state's traditional school districts.
«With all things being equal [i.e. controlling
for race, socio - economics, and school type],» Black says, «academic achievement is lower in schools with
higher suspension rates.»
But what Green's article does not cover at all is this: the
highest school
suspension and expulsion
rates for students of color can often be found in the Twin Cities» ever - expanding landscape of highly segregated charter schools.
Table 3 - 1 sorts schools into two groups, those with
high suspension rates (0.05 or greater)
for African - American students and those with low
rates (less than 0.05).
Despite the decrease, the 2015
suspension rate for blacks remained much
higher than
for other ethnic groups; the other groups, also experienced declining
suspension rates.
Put in plain English, the definition of a
high -
suspension -
rate school is a school that has reported five or more
suspensions of black students
for every 100 black students enrolled.
Schools serving the poorest students, in which 89 % or more qualify
for FRPM, exhibit similar
suspension rates as schools near the FRPM mean: 45.5 % are
high -
suspension -
rate schools and 31.2 % have low
suspension rates.
Middle schools with
high suspension rates were 50.9 % of the middle school sample in 2013;
for high schools, the figure was 41.5 %.
Schools with more students qualifying
for free and reduced price meals, a proxy
for poverty, have
higher African - American
suspension rates than schools in wealthier communities.
The most recent 2016 report shows that chronic absence affects 7.3 % of California elementary school students, with disproportionately
high rates of absenteeism and
suspensions for youth of color, as well as low - income, homeless, foster and special education students.
To create What We Know about Reducing Disproportionate
Suspension Rates for Students of Color, a literature summary
for the Oregon Leadership Network Research Alliance, we examined over 8,900 articles in search of evidence of school and classroom practices that can help reduce disproportionality in discipline referrals and
suspensions for middle and
high school students.
DCP's
high rate of
suspension for minor offenses seems highly questionable in light of recent research findings on suspending minorities.
If you are not accountable
for whether they graduate or not, whether there is
high grade retention, or
high rates of
suspension or expulsion, then you pave the way
for a totally inefficient system even with good intentions of trying to raise test scores.
By Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last month, «K - 12 Education: Discipline Disparities
for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities,» reminds us once again that
suspensions and expulsions continue at
high rates and offer grave risks to students.
Because students are suspended much more frequently in
high school,
suspension rates for grades 9 - 12 are likely to be far
higher than that.
Disproportionately
high rates of
suspension were found by George Joseph in his September piece
for the Atlantic.
Academic research, while somewhat limited, points to
higher student achievement,
higher teacher retention
rates and lower truancy and
suspension rates in
high - quality facilities, experts say, while also providing clear health benefits
for students and school staff.
A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released last month, «K - 12 Education: Discipline Disparities
for Black Students, Boys, and Students with Disabilities,» reminds us once again that
suspensions and expulsions continue at
high rates and offer grave risks to students.
Moreover, Achievement First has the
highest rate of
suspensions in the state
for children under 6 years old, and has been investigated and cited
for federal violations in mistreating students with disabilities.
Meredith Kolodner writes about
high schools which are successfully decreasing
suspensions and expulsions through trauma sensitive practices that address the reasons
for a student's behavior in her article, «How Schools Can Lower
Suspension Rates and Raise Graduation
Rates».
Specifically, she said, NOLA College Prep has one of the
highest suspension rates in the city —
for minor infractions that Cohen students are not used to being punished
for.
Another confusing element of KIPP's performance metrics was highlighted in a letter — issued March 16 during both the charter expansion and the disparate
suspension controversies — which said KIPP had made a clerical error and did not have the nation's third -
highest suspension rate (71 percent)
for black charter school students in 2011 - 2012.