Backsliding on School Discipline

Backsliding on School Discipline
AP Photo/Hans Pennink

In February 2015, Mayor de Blasio announced major reforms to the New York City's school discipline code. Motivated at least in part by the concern that minority students are suspended at a higher rate and that this may lead to negative long term outcomes, de Blasio aimed to significantly curtail suspensions. By the end of the 2015-16 school year, suspensions had dropped by 15,857 from the year before his reform was implemented.

Read Full Article »
Comment
Show commentsHide Comments

Related Articles