School Discipline
Research related to the racial disparities in policies and practices related to school discipline.
See also the Civil Rights Project's Center for Civil Rights Remedies for information on additional school-to-prison pipeline research
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Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline Policies
- Opportunities Suspended: The Devastating Consequences of Zero Tolerance and School Discipline, is the culmination of the shared efforts of The Civil Rights Project (CRP) at Harvard University and the Advancement Project (AP). By consulting with attorneys, psychiatrists, academians, educators, and children’s advocates, CRP and AP embarked upon a multi-disciplined approach to review this subject matter. This is the first comprehensive national report to scrutinize the impact that the brutally strict Zero Tolerance approach to discipline, currently being used in public schools, is having on American children. The report illustrates that Zero Tolerance is unfair, is contrary to the developmental needs of children, denies children educational opportunities, and often results in the criminalization of children.
