The Importance of School Discipline

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Suspension has always been a fascinating form of discipline to me. For some students that might be a welcome disciplinary action on their part. We also know that experiencing school discipline is associated with a variety of outcomes that are generally not that good. Students who experience suspensions, expulsions and any sort of arm of this exclusionary discipline process are less likely to graduate high school or persist in school.

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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