Launch of Black Girls' Pushout & Criminalization in Schools Data Hub
Across the United States, schools use various punitive discipline practices that result in students being removed from class, such as suspensions, expulsions, transfers to an alternative education setting, or referrals to law enforcement. These practices weaken students’ connection with school by depriving students of valuable learning time and creating an environment that erodes students’ well-being and sense of safety at school. These students often end up pushed out of school altogether, as research shows that punitive discipline practices are associated with poor student achievement and a failure to complete school.
This is what the school-to-confinement pathway looks like.
We also know that this disproportionately affects students of color, especially Black girls.
To disrupt school-to-confinement pathways, schools must address the disciplinary practices that drive school pushout.
To help schools, policymakers, practitioners, & advocates put into place evidence-informed solutions that enhance the safety and wellbeing of Black girls & gender-expansive youth, the National Black Women's Justice Institute has created the Black Girls' Pushout from School Data Hub. Using data from the U.S. Department of Education's Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) from 2011- 2018, we aim to highlight and address the issue of school pushout and harsh disciplinary practices that disproportionately affect Black girls.
Join us for the launch of this new data hub where we will introduce and demonstrate this new data tool and discuss how schools, policymakers, practitioners, & advocates can use this in their work.
We will hear from
Ashley Sawyer, Senior Staff Attorney, Advancement Project
Ruth S. Idakula, Program Director, Dignity in Schools
Dr. Janaé Bonsu-Love, Director of Research & Advocacy, National Black Women's Justice Institute
Khaila Mickens, Research Associate, NBWJI