The Goal of Discipline

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What is the goal of discipline? Like what are we trying to do when we discipline kids at school? We're trying to correct student misbehavior, that's the general idea. And so, in the meantime, we know that for any given behavioral infraction, black students in particular are not only more likely to experience punishment, but the severity of the punishment that they experience is also worse than their white counterparts.

This Juneteenth, we’re sharing an episode of The Weeds, a Vox Media podcast where host Jonquilyn Hill breaks down the policies that shape our lives.

This episode digs into school discipline and the achievement gap with Francis Pearman of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. For many Black children, their first encounter with the discrimination that will trail them their whole lives comes from the school system — a system where they are five times more likely to attend a segregated school than their white counterparts.

Kara & Nayeema will be back Thursday with a fresh episode of ON.

You can find Jonquilyn Hill on Twitter @jonquilynhill

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