Discipline, Achievement, and Race

I would highly recommend the book to both researchers and policy analysts. Moreover, I think it would be an appropriate book for an undergraduate social problems course. * Teachers College Record *
Discipline, Achievement, and Race provides the necessary information, offering a comprehensive analysis of policy and practice and recommending solutions to the discipline policies of zero tolerance. It will be of interest to teachers, principals and assistant principals, counselors, and concerned parents. * Sir Read Alot Book Review *
Professor Reyes' work expertly details the criminalization of student behavior, and forces us to examine more closely zero tolerance policies that disproportionately affect students of color and poor students classified as at-risk. The book is a must read for faculty in principal preparation programs and for school leaders who are concerned about a more socially just educational system. -- Linda C. Tillman, Ph.D., professor emerita, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
This is an excellent book that should be on the shelves of educational researchers, educational administrators, policy analysts, and policymakers. It is must-reading for those concerned with dealing with ills in the schools that have labeled, marginalized, criminalized, and disproportionately pushed out African American, Latina/o, low-income, and special education students. Finally, this book will also be a valuable addition to undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of education, educational policy, educational administration, sociology of education, and minority groups. * Bilingual Review *
The research by Professor Reyes makes a significant contribution to the ongoing research on school safety and how some school policies adversely affect minority students. In addition, Professor Reyes offers some important recommendations that education decision makers should consider as they formulate safe school policies. -- Richard R. Verdugo, senior research scientist, Human and Civil Rights Division, National Education Association, Washington, DC