Black CPS teens benefit most from shift from suspensions toward restorative practices – WBEZ (Chicago)

Overall, the number of suspensions across the school district dropped from 49,708 in 2014 to about 10,000 in 2022, according to CPS data. The study’s authors point to the fact that arrests both in and outside of school also dropped proves that the decrease in suspensions are due to changes in student behavior.
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Fullbladder
2 years ago

This should foster a learning environment?

Old Joe
2 years ago

They’d benefit even more if a shift to fatherhood ever became a community value.

debtsor
2 years ago
Reply to  Old Joe

It’s not just the men who abandon fatherhood in the community, it’s the women too. They don’t want the men around either. Statistics show that most black women with two or more children have multiple fathers. In 2011 it was estimated to be 59%. This is likely to be higher today. Keep in mind, this was the last study anyone has done on this issue. Google or Duckduckgo this topic and the only study cited is this 2011 study from a U of M postdoc. No one in academia will touch this issue for fear of being cancelled. The author… Read more »

Mr Peabody's Boy Sherman
2 years ago

La’Quniessha’De’von has attacked 3 teachers and has been caught twice with a gun and 3 times with heroin. Let’s try that restorative thing again it’s working!

Giddyap
2 years ago

Keeping disruptive and violent kids in school deprives the others of the education they deserve — no wonder Democrats love it — they need a permanent uneducated population to keep their power

debtsor
2 years ago

I’m all for evidence based outcomes, and using ideas that work, even if those ideas contrdict my ideological view points. However, can we really trust University of Chicago Education Lab and the progressive ideologues that work there to provide the public with unbiased, evidence based analysis? I don’t think so. Below is a link to the ‘Our Team’ page for the UofC Education Lab. Everyone of them looks like a Joe Biden voter, who would without hesitation cover up or reject data that doesn’t support their progressive ideology. How many booster shots do you think each of these people received?… Read more »

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