PSTC Faculty Associate and Assistant Professor of Sociology Jayanti Owens published a new study in the journal Social Forces which finds that different treatment of black and white students accounts for half of the discipline-related racial gap in suspensions and expulsions among 5- to 9-year-old children.
Population Studies and Training Center
Date
July 29, 2019
Harsher punishment leads to more suspensions for black kids
Elementary schools discipline black students more harshly than white students, leading to a considerable racial gap in expulsion and suspension, according to a new study published by PSTC Associate Jayanti Owens.