Suspension rates in Chicago Public Schools have declined significantly but still remain very high particularly among the system’s most vulnerable students, according to a new study by the University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research.
According to the report, “Discipline Practices in Chicago Schools: Trends in the Use of Suspensions and Arrests,” in the 2013-14 school year, 16 percent of CPS high school students received an out-of-school suspension (OSS), down from 23 percent in 2008-9. Still, 24 percent of high school students with an identified disability and 27 percent of high school students in the bottom quartile of achievement received out-of-school suspensions in 2013-14. Suspension rates for African American boys in high school remain high, with one-third receiving at least one out-of-school suspension...