Discipline, Achievement, And Race
Fifty years after Brown v Board of Education inequalities in public education are evident in the disproportionate numbers of Black and Latino students who are held back, often do not graduate from high school, or are removed from school by unforgiving zero tolerance discipline policies. The National Center for Educational Statistics (2002) suspension data indicates that minority students are punished more often and more severely than their peers. Author Augustina Reyes contends that when...
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of policy, the practice, the affects, and recommendations for solutions to the exclusionary discipline policies of zero tolerance.
Acknowledgments VBackground and National Context: Criminalization of Student Behavior 1Student Discipline Removals: The Silent Cancer 21Disciplinary Alternative Education Programs 47The Courtroom Drama: Criminal Certification of Student Behavior 71A Battle Each Day: Teachers Talk about Discipline, Suspensions, and Zero Tolerance Policy Johanna Wald Ronnie Casella 89Exclusion Is Not the Only Alternative: The Children Left Behind Project M. Karega Rausch Russell J. Skiba 105Recommendations and Conclusions 127Resources 141About the Author 143
\ Bilingual ReviewThis is an excellent book that should be on the shelves of educational researchers, educational administrators, policy analysts, and policymakers. It is must-reading for those concerned with dealing with ills in the schools that have labeled, marginalized, criminalized, and disproportionately pushed out African American, Latina/o, low-income, and special education students. Finally, this book will also be a valuable addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of education, educational policy, educational administration, sociology of education, and minority groups.\ \ \ \ \ Sir Read Alot Book ReviewDiscipline, Achievement, and Race provides the necessary information, offering a comprehensive analysis of policy and practice and recommending solutions to the discipline policies of zero tolerance. It will be of interest to teachers, principals and assistant principals, counselors, and concerned parents.\ \ \ Teachers College RecordI would highly recommend the book to both researchers and policy analysts. Moreover, I think it would be an appropriate book for an undergraduate social problems course.\ \
