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“State mandatory expulsion laws predict a 0.5 percentage point increase in suspensions and a nearly 3-times larger increase in the rate of suspension of Black students than White students… while, in the view of principals, not reducing overall levels of misbehavior."
Estimating the Effect of State Zero Tolerance Laws on Exclusionary Discipline, Racial Discipline Gaps, and Student Behavior
Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Vol. 38 Issue 4, pp. 647–668,
2016
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