African American Male Achievement Initiative: A Closer Look At Suspensions Of African American Males In OUSD

Feb 11, 2012 | by

Rebecca Brown Eron Budi Anny Chang Alison Feldman Sara Marxer Steve Spiker Junious Williams

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Key findings

This report examines the data, literature, and policy around suspensions of African American male students to uncover and better understand the disparities between this group and all other ethnic and gender groups. This report analyzes one year of suspension data from the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD, 2010-11), looking at suspensions by demographics, grade level, school level, and types of offenses.

While African American boys comprised 17% of the OUSD student population in 2010-11, they comprised 42% of students suspended. Tweet
Nearly one in ten African American boys in elementary school, one in three in middle school, and one in five in high school were suspended in 2010-11. Tweet
The disparities in suspension rates between African American boys and their White male peers have not changed over the past six school years. Tweet
The lowest suspension rate for African American males in a middle school was 16%, and just two high schools had suspension rates significantly lower than the overall suspension rate of 22% for African American males in high school. Tweet
African American male students were suspended for a combined total of 5,869 days in 2010-2011, representing an Average Daily Attendance (ADA) financial loss of approximately $160,000 to the district. Tweet

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Urban Strategies Council

Document type
Report/Whitepaper

Language
English

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Title

African American Male Achievement Initiative: A Closer Look At Suspensions Of African American Males In OUSD

Publication date

2012-02-11

Publication year

2012

Authors

Alison Feldman , Anny Chang , Eron Budi , Junious Williams , Rebecca Brown , Sara Marxer , Steve Spiker

Copyright holder(s)

Urban Strategies Council

Geographical focus

North America / United States (Western) / California / Alameda County / Oakland

Keywords

african american males, suspension, african american boys, suspended, african

Document type

Report/Whitepaper

Language

English

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