Bad Boys and School Suspensions: Public Policy Implications for Black Males

Autor:	Maurice C. Taylor, Gerald A. Foster
Rok vydání:	1986
Předmět:	Academic year Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject education Black male Public policy School district Race (biology) Sociology Social science Socioeconomics Welfare Discipline media_common
Zdroj:	Sociological Inquiry. 56:498-506
ISSN:	1475-682X 0038-0245
DOI:	10.1111/j.1475-682x.1986.tb01174.x
Popis:	The focus of this research is the disciplinary policy of school suspension and its effect on black male students. We examined the application of public school suspensions by race and sex in an integrated school district in the southeastern portion of the United States. Data for the study were compiled from oficial records housed in the administrative complex for the entire school district. The suspensions cover one academic year from September of 1983 through June of 1984. During this period of time black males were disproportionately suspended in both the elementary and secondary schools. This finding is consistent with other research noting that black students, and in particular black male students, are disproportionately affected by the various policies of public schools. We then discuss the implications of these findings for black males. Policies which limit educational opportunities for black males increase the probability of their need for welfare services, incarceration in prisons, and commitment to mental hospitals. Our conclusion is that the policy of suspending problem students is not only an effort by elementary and secondary school administrators and faculty to remove bad boys but is also one of several policies which limit educational opportunities for black males.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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