Understanding and advocating on school discipline

How does your child’s school approach school discipline and school climate? The University of Chicago Consortium on School Research recently released a toolkit called Family Playbook: School Suspensions, Discipline & Restorative Justice. The playbook summarizes research and data on school discipline and includes actions you can take to learn more about how your child’s school approaches discipline and climate in school. 

While the data is drawn from Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the research conclusions apply to schools across the state and nation. The research shows that suspensions and expulsions...