Schools finding suspensions ineffective for changing student behavior

First school officials say how important it is to be in class.

Then they tell them not to come. More than 30,000 out-of-school suspensions were issued to public school students -- some of them repeatedly to the same students -- in kindergarten through 12th grade in Allegheny County alone in 2011-12, the most recent year for which countywide data are available.

http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/schools-finding-suspensions-ineffective-701785/#ixzz2ei6Mpt7i

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Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D.

Licensed Psychologist

Charles R. Davenport, Psy.D., LLC.

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