Suspended education : school punishment and the legacy of racial injustice / Aaron Kupchik.

Contents Introduction : racial inequality and school punishment -- "They just want the Blacks out of school" : punishment after desegregation -- The legacy of racial injustice : historic resistance to desegregation and contemporary suspension rates / with Felicia Henry -- Separate and unequal : Delaware before desegregation -- An issue on day one : Delaware after desegregation -- The cradle of liberty? : Boston before desegregation -- Unprepared : Boston after desegregation -- Conclusion : what is past Isn't past -- Appendix: Methods and detailed quantitative results.
Abstract "Suspended Education helps explain why schools turn to punishments like suspensions so often, despite being ineffective and even harmful; this problem is a legacy of resistance to racial desegregation of schools during the Civil Rights Era."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Kupchik, Aaron. Suspended education New York : New York University Press, 2025 9781479821112
LCCN 2024015027
ISBN9781479821143 hardcover
ISBN1479821144 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic book

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