Description: "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"--
Brief description: Aaron Kupchik is Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at the University of Delaware. He is the author of many books including Homeroom Security: School Discipline in an Age of Fear and The Real School Safety Problem: The Long-Term Consequences of Harsh School Punishment. His book Judging Juveniles: Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts won the 2007 American Society of Criminology Michael J. Hindelang Award for the Most Outstanding Contribution to Research in Criminology.
Review Quotes: "Aaron Kupchik's Suspended Education is a powerful and meticulously researched account of how racial inequality continues to shape the way schools in the U.S. punish their students. Clearly written and deeply persuasive, the book posits that punitive approaches to student behavior--particularly the widespread use of suspension--are not only ineffective but also deeply intertwined with implicit and explicit racial biases and with the broader legacies of systemic racism and segregation."-- "Teachers College Record"