Article: State, districts' data differ on suspensions.

Article: 'Project' hailed for cutting out-of-school ...
Post-Tribune (IN);  August 10, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... significantly reduced out-of-school suspensions, it is not entered into the student ... the last five years, out-of-school suspensions have been reduced from 437 to 53 ... the national average for out-of-school suspensions of 20 percent, contrasted with 5 ...

Article: Out-of-school suspensions falling out of favor
New Haven Register;  August 26, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... school districts can impose in-school suspensions. That legislation also will convert ... previously reserved for out-of-school suspensions to in-school. Offenses of a violent ... students will still require out-of- school suspensions. Harp said research shows that students ...

Article: EDITORIAL: Limit School Suspensions.(Editorial)
Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT);  May 23, 2007 ;     687 words ... ... school districts to issue out-of-school suspensions to disruptive students. Out-of-school suspensions by their very nature undermine a ... districts appear to be using out-of-school suspensions to excess for minor infractions ...

Article: SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ABOUT SCHOOL ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 2, 1997 ;     477 words ... ... Your March 9 report on the use of school suspensions pointed out some important facts ... to consider. Indeed, out-of-school suspensions should be reserved for egregious ... are often forced to use out-of-school suspensions to hold perpetrators accountable ...

Article: GOV. RELL SIGNS IN-SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS BILL
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 28, 2007 ;     526 words ... ... generally prohibits out-of-school suspensions and extends, from five ... maximum length of in-school suspensions. The new law, effective ... suspensions to be in-school suspensions unless the school administration ...

Article: The discipline debate // Killings fuel doubts about ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  February 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... students home as punishment. Out-of-school suspensions can be a wake-up call to parents ... class. It was one of five out-of-school suspensions totaling 25 days he had received ... School imposes automatic out-of-school suspensions for selling drugs or fighting. Last ...

Article: Youth rights advocates may finally get data on public ...
New Haven Register;  July 28, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... excessive use of policy- related school suspensions could easily lead to truancy and ... requesting the statistics on high school suspensions in time for the documentary. The ... that she had provided information on school suspensions to many media groups and would not ...