Radio Times: Experts & Educators Discuss Suspensions, Expulsions & Arrests of Minority Students

Radio Times: “Guests: Harold Jordan, Deborah Klehr and Matthew Steinberg

New information released by the Department of Education shed more light on a disturbing difference when it comes to school discipline — minority students are suspended at a much higher rate than white students. The same applies to expulsions and harsher punishments and the problem is particularly acute in Pennsylvania. With more research to show that zero tolerance policies are ineffective, some educators are rethinking the whys and hows of school discipline. In this hour of Radio Times we’ll talk about the issues around suspensions, expulsions and even arrests, particularly when it comes to minority students. Our guests are HAROLD JORDAN of the ACLU of PennsylvaniaDEBORAH KLEHR of the Education Law Center, and University of Pennsylvania education professor MATTHEW STEINBERG.”

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Suspension Stories is a youth-led participatory action research project to understand the school to prison pipeline. This initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Rogers Park Young Women's Action Team (www.rogersparkywat.org) and Project NIA (www.project-nia.org).
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