“Over the years we’ve broadened to really look more holistically at what the Civil Rights Data Collection shows us about the identity, traits and different intersectionalities of students with disabilities,” said our Interim Executive Director, Jennifer Coco.
And the data reinforces the broad agreement that exclusionary discipline doesn’t change student behavior.
Schools want to do better, but long-standing shortages in counselors, social workers, and psychologists have left many unable to deliver what students actually need.
The takeaway: To reduce exclusionary discipline, we need more than awareness. We need investment.
Read the full EdSurge article by Nadia Tamez-Robledo here: https://www.edsurge.com/news/2025-07-18-data-shows-more-discipline-less-college-prep-for-students-with-disabilities
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