Charter Schools That Do Not Suspend

• In Event: Crown Plaza Roundtable Session 13
  In Roundtable Session: Safety and Discipline in School Choice Contexts

Abstract

While some charter schools in urban areas serving low-income students of color have shown promising routes to academic achievement, in some cases they have not confronted the inequitable patterns of discipline they perpetuate. In this project I explore two small urban charter schools that are academically successful and do not suspend or expel their students, specifically their African-American and Latino male students. This study should be useful for teachers, community members, and leaders in small urban charter schools seeking to organize in such a way as to limit exclusionary discipline.

Author

• Nathanael Monley, Alder Graduate School of Education