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Last year, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a report that revealed shocking data about school discipline policies around the country. Nationally, black students are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than white students, often starting at an early age. For instance, black children only represent 18% of preschool enrollment, but they represent 48% of preschool children receiving more than one out-of-school. The uneven use of suspension and expulsion is mirrored across K-12.

What are the long-term effects of the overuse and misuse of disciplinary action? How much of a role does it play in the school-to-prison pipeline? Are there policy solutions at the local and federal level should be considered? Join ¹ú²úÊÓƵ in collaboration with Howard University for the third event in “From Moment to Movement,” a conversation and essay series on race and policy in America.

Introduction:

Conor Williams
Senior Researcher, Education Policy Program, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ

Ja’Mesha Morgan
Student, Howard University

Participants:

Dr. Bahiyyah Muhammad
Assistant Professor of Criminology, Howard University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences
Author, The Prison Alphabet: An Educational Coloring Book for Children of Incarcerated Parents

Ed N. Davies
Executive Director, DC Trust

Jose Vilson
Educator and Author, This Is Not A Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and the Future of Education

Thomas Mariadason
Staff Attorney, Ending the Schoolhouse to Jailhouse Track Program, Advancement Project

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Nikole Hannah-Jones
Journalist, The New York Times Magazine

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This is the third event in the “From Moment to Movement” Series: Conversations on Race in America in collaboration with Howard University.