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Suspension Intervention

New York
April 13, 2017

How often does New York City tell its principals they can’t suspend a student?

"It is promising to see that there are rejections and that suspensions are not rubber-stamped by the Department of Education."

how low will they go?

New York
March 31, 2016

School suspensions continue to drop sharply under de Blasio

Schools gave out 31 percent fewer suspensions in the first half of this school year than they did in 2014.
New York
March 31, 2015

Suspensions down 10 percent this school year as city prepares to apply new policies

Suspensions in city schools over the first seven months of the school year are down 10 percent compared to that period last year, officials said Tuesday.
New York
June 25, 2014

As discipline code revisions delayed, advocates want some suspensions banned

Advocates want the revised code to ban suspensions for Infraction B21, or “defying or disobeying authority.”