Suspended futures : transforming racial inequities in school discipline / Richard O. Welsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welsh, Richard O., author.

Series:

Race and education series

Race and education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

School discipline--United States.

School discipline.

Educational equalization--United States.

Educational equalization.

Student suspension--United States.

Student suspension.

Physical Description:

xi, 245 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard Education Press, [2025]

Summary:

"Richard O. Welsh takes on the school discipline crisis in Suspended Futures, delineating the persistent racial disparities in how educators perceive and respond to the behavior of students. Welsh offers a framework for disrupting and dismantling a disciplinary system that disproportionately disadvantages students of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous identities. Underscoring the urgency of the dilemma, he discusses how the prevalence of exclusionary discipline in school--in which students are punished with removal from the classroom through suspension, expulsion, or alternative placement--results in significant loss of instructional time, which can lead to a cascade of negative student outcomes, from low achievement to carceral consequences"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Stuck in Punitive Sands

The Transforming School Discipline Strategic Framework

It's the Adults, Stupid

Setting the Right School Climate

Inclusive Disciplinary Environments: Reverse Engineering Success in School Discipline

Conclusion: The Black Future of School Discipline

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781682539767

1682539768

OCLC:

1472980467