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Teachers

• Students Belong in Classrooms, Not Handcuffs, Educators for Excellence

• Schools that Heal: Creating Trauma-Informed School Communities, Educators for Excellence, May 2017

• National Education Association Policy Statement on Discipline and the School to Prison Pipeline, National Education Association, May 2016

• Seeding Change in School Discipline, American Educator Journal of Education Research and Ideas, American Federation of Teachers, 2015

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School Psychologists

• Effective School Discipline Policies and Practices: Supporting Student Learning, National Association of School Psychologists, 2018

• Disproportionality in Discipline, National Association of School Psychologists, September 20, 2018 [Podcast]

• Inequality at School: What’s Behind the Racial Disparity in Our Education System?, American Psychological Association, November 2016

• Zero Tolerance and Alternative Strategies: A Fact Sheet for Educators and Policymakers, National Association of School Psychologists, 2008

• Fair and Effective Discipline for All Students: Best Practice Strategies for Educators, National Association of School Psychologists, 2002

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District Leaders

• Addressing the Out-of-School Suspension Crisis: A Policy Guide for School Board Members, National Opportunity to Learn Campaign, the National School Board Association, et al., April 2013

• AASA: The Superintendents Association Resources on School Discipline Reform (case studies and policy-making resources)

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 State Officials

• National Association of State Directors of Special Education's Letter to Sec. DeVos Urging Prompt Implementation of the Equity in IDEA Rule, February 6, 2018

• Advancing School Discipline Reform, Education Leaders Report, volume 1, no. 2, National Association of State Boards of Education, August 2015. Discusses the role of state policymakers, including state boards of education and state agencies, in advancing discipline reform.

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Counselors

• The School Counselor and Discipline, American School Counselor Association, 2013

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Early Childhood Educators​​

• Delivering on the Promise of Effective Early Childhood Education, National Black Child Development Institute, December 2018

• ​National Black Child Development Institute Community of Practice Initiative to Take Action to End Disparities in Suspensions and Expulsions and Stop the Madness: Purging the Preschool to Prison Pipeline

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