Suspending Students Is Costing America Tens of Billions of Dollars [PSMag.com]
Suspensions cost America an enormous amount — almost $36 billion for the graduating class of 2004, according to a new analysis from researchers at the Civil Rights Project at the University of California–Los Angeles. In recent years, many teachers and principals have tried to suspend kids less often. They’re turning instead to other fixes , such as peer juries and community service assignments, when middle and high schoolers egregiously break school rules. The new study highlights why those...