School Suspensions And Its Effect On High School And Post Secondary Attainment Gaps

As a major source of referrals to the juvenile justice system, eliminating the use of zero tolerance policies by public school administrators is a critical step in ameliorating detrimental effects on minority adolescents and in efforts to close the school-to-prison pipeline. Currently, research suggests zero tolerance policies are ineffective at increasing school safety and that suspending or expelling students puts them at higher risk for dropping out of school and committing delinquent acts [citation-Black]. Nonetheless, minor disciplinary problems should not involve law enforcement.

The following discussion of practice and policy related issues found within the article puritan to a “qualitative” study “conducted in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area from September 2009 to May 2012” (Gibson & Haight, 2013, p.264). The main objective of the study was to evaluate the “culturally nuanced” definitions and perceptions on out-of-school suspensions; In hopes of discovering new ways in which “schools and families can work together to decrease racial disparities in out-of-school suspensions” (Gibson & Haight, 2013, p. 263). Thirty participants were interviewed within their own homes through “in-depth, individual, and audiotaped interviews.” (Gibson & Haight, 2013, p. 263). In reviewing the study interviews, a few practice-related issues were discussed, concerning educators lack of understanding of cultural diversity among their students, as well as school personnel 's failure to fully listen to each individual 's concerns when addressing discipline issues.

The data is definitive that black students are more likely than white students to experience school discipline and are even more likely to be subjected to arrest by school resource officers during their school careers. The data shows that 20% of all black male students receive an out-of-school suspension, while only 6% of white male students receive out-of-school suspensions (11). Faced with a disproportionately high number of suspensions and expulsions, when compared to white students, many more black students are falling behind in classes and missing valuable learning time. If it is unclear how important it is for students to develop adequate reading skills early on and how excluding students from school through suspensions and expulsions

Suspensions are perceived as something good, but aren’t. Surveys continue to show that parents, principals, and administrators all favor suspension. They think it keeps those students that have misbehaved and need consequences away and in trouble. When really the child isn’t actually affected by it, and sometimes the child is still allowed to walk into the school. Some principals only rely on it because it partially creates the appearance that they know how to handle the situation. On the contrary, suspensions are a consequence for a child’s behavior, it stands to reason

The traditional alternative methods out of school suspensions serve as a detention model in which students are isolated in a classroom with little to none engagement with peers and or teaching staff. This model has shown left both students and staff exasperated at the end of the school day. The Student Planning Center would be a Pilot Program that would be housed in the 10-12 high school building. This program will be a two prong approach that a student will encounter during the school day. First, students will have access to certified teachers to help assist with their coursework. The second part of the program will implement intervention strategies designed to enhance school climate and increase connectedness such as bullying prevention and

Everytime a kid gets suspended we are making it so they get to enjoy however long they want at home resting or playing video games. Plus, when parents can’t take off due to a busy work schedule, what’s keeping their kid from getting in even more trouble and then they forget about learning. With everything going on with trouble making kids, a classroom education is something that you should never take away from a student. When will it ever be fair to take a child’s learning from them. Even if you as a school promised to help educate them and prepare them for the rest of their life, but when you suspend them, those kids never even got a fair

Provided a structured environment for students assigned to in-school suspension to complete assigned classwork. I also worked with individual students to identify behavior that resulted in assignment to in-school suspension and discussed the causes, why the behavior disrupted the learning environment and ways to prevent the behavior from occurring in the future.

In the past legislators sought to protect students in schools by adopting “Zero Tolerance” policies. These policies not only fail to make schools safe or more effective in handling student behavior, they can actually increase the instances of problem behavior and dropout rates (Farberman, 2006). In the past suspensions were given as a last resort measure to let the parties involved know that an infraction was serious. However, today suspensions are often given for less

Numerous studies have shown that some groups are targeted with suspensions, like minorities, children with low grades, and poor students. In the case of Cindy, a black student from Turners Falls High School, she got into an incident because of a misunderstanding. She thought that two kids had made a racist joke about her, and exploded out in anger. Using the normal methods, she would have been suspended. Nonetheless, after a chat with the mentioned students and an adult, they found out that the students had said nothing racist at all. Yes, sometimes it’s obvious when a student is to be blamed in a situation, but without context, anything can be made seemingly wrong or right. Therefore, suspensions should be changed because they are used

If kids get suspended they will most likely drop out later on. A 2011 study said that “Students that have been suspended are three times more likely to drop out of school” While Baltimore City schools have dramatically reduced suspensions, the drop out rate has been cut nearly in half. Although some people think suspension is the only way to help misbehaving students, it is not. Cindy from the Turners Fall High School can argue that. Instead of getting suspended she talked with one of the faculty members about what happened. If Cindy did not talk with an adult she probably would’ve later on not come back to school or dropped out.

If you’ve ever had a in school suspension you know the struggle of sitting in a room doing nothing for 6 hours while everyone else is out having fun with their friends. In 7th grade I had my only in school suspension, we sat in a room for the whole school day with nothing other than papers that we had to complete. The room was blank and we had barely gotten to move over the 6 hours and when I got out I felt the same way, nothing changed. School suspensions don't work, for one the person who is put in the confinement is taken away from social activities leaving them and the other people in a bad place. Another reason school suspensions don't work is because other schools don't like accepting someone with that on their record leaving them academically

many occasions when student is suspended from school there is a less likely chance that

First off students will continue to act the same. A lot of students would rather get out of schools anyways. They want to not do work and play at home. In school suspensions help the student keep

Students who are disruptive, truant, or disobedient should not be suspended from school because suspension is counterintuitive: Siegel (2015) identifies there is a correlation between juvenile delinquency and school absences, while the lecture notes (2016) reveal that students who graduate have less instances of criminality in later life. These two sources show that the more students remain in school, the less chance they will have of exhibiting delinquent behavior.

To start off, some schools are racist and will suspend students based on their race, culture and/or religion. According to data collected by The Department of Education “...black students are 3 1/2 times as likely to be suspended or expelled as their white peers” (TIME). Also, another survey by the Office for Civil Right gathered from 72 000 different schools found that “...1 in 5 African-American boys received an out-of-school suspension during the 2009–10 academic year, compared with about 1 in 14 white boys” (TIME). To continue, many students who are poor or have a low income were more likely to get suspended. “Consequently, teachers and other school personnel may harbor negative assumptions about the ability, aspirations and work ethic of these students—especially poor students of colour,” (Ohio State University). Moreover, many students are being suspended for really unnecessary and insane reasons. “Out-of-school suspensions have become the default punishment not only for drug possession and fights but also for threats, displays of affection, dress-code violations, truancy, tardiness, refusal to follow directions, even 4-year-olds' temper tantrums”(TIME). For example, “one of eight students issued one-day suspensions for the boisterous singing in November 2011. The official reason listed on the suspension slips was "willful disobedience." Two other students received two-day suspensions for allegedly cursing amid the singing.” (TIME) To finish off, there should be a ban on suspending students as many student are being unfairly suspended from school as the students will be missing out on vital classes and lessons that will aid them in the