Reddit reviews Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

I agree with your central idea that suspension is a punishment for parents as well as students; I just question the word ‘trying’ as it makes it sound like that was the school’s sole intent.

However, that doesn’t mean suspensions don’t cause exactly the type of hardships you’ve outlined, and even additional ones like damaging the relationship between parent and child, worsening communication between school staff and parent (again impacting the child) etc. This is compounded by the fact that minority and low income students are typically disciplined and suspended at higher rates, outcomes which their parents are ill-equipped to challenge or afford. Monique Brown’s ‘Pushback’ covers this topic scathingly - pretty eye-opening but stomach-turning read.

I found the ebook of this, but I'm having a hard time finding a version that actually shows the page numbers.

https://www.amazon.com/Pushout-Criminalization-Black-Girls-Schools/dp/1620970945

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