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DESCRIPTION:Sarah&nbsp\;Komisarow (Duke University) will present "Ending\nE
 xclusionary Discipline in the Early Grades: Effects and Implications"&nbsp
 \;as part of the CPR Seminar Series. Abstract: In this paper we investigat
 e the beginning of the school discipline pipeline\, using a natural experi
 ment to measure the short- and medium-run effects of early grade suspensio
 ns on student outcomes. We take advantage of a policy change in Charlotte-
 Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)\, a large district serving nearly 150\,000 stude
 nts in North Carolina. In 2017\, CMS effectively banned out-of-school susp
 ensions for students in kindergarten through second grades (we say “effect
 ively” because out-of-school suspension was permitted in very limited case
 s when approved by the superintendent). We investigate effects of this nea
 r-ban on exclusionary discipline and academic achievement.&nbsp\; We find 
 that the policy change in CMS reduced out-of-school suspensions by around 
 1.4 percentage points (56 percent). We examine two potential margins of su
 bstitution\, but we do not find statistically significant effects on in-sc
 hool suspension (unaffected by the policy chance) nor on special education
  placement.&nbsp\; We estimate a precise null effect on student test score
 s in reading. Our evidence suggests that this policy meaningfully reduces 
 the use of exclusionary discipline in the early grades without generating 
 negative spillover effects on peers.For more information\, please contact 
  Alyssa Kirk.
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SUMMARY:CPR Seminar Series: Sarah Komisarow
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Sarah&nbsp\;Komisarow (Duke University) wil
 l present "Ending\nExclusionary Discipline in the Early Grades: Effects an
 d Implications"&nbsp\;as part of the CPR Seminar Series. </p><p><strong>Ab
 stract</strong>: In this paper we investigate the beginning of the school 
 discipline pipeline\, using a natural experiment to measure the short- and
  medium-run effects of early grade suspensions on student outcomes. We tak
 e advantage of a policy change in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS)\, a 
 large district serving nearly 150\,000 students in North Carolina. In 2017
 \, CMS effectively banned out-of-school suspensions for students in kinder
 garten through second grades (we say “effectively” because out-of-school s
 uspension was permitted in very limited cases when approved by the superin
 tendent). We investigate effects of this near-ban on exclusionary discipli
 ne and academic achievement.&nbsp\; We find that the policy change in CMS 
 reduced out-of-school suspensions by around 1.4 percentage points (56 perc
 ent). We examine two potential margins of substitution\, but we do not fin
 d statistically significant effects on in-school suspension (unaffected by
  the policy chance) nor on special education placement.&nbsp\; We estimate
  a precise null effect on student test scores in reading. Our evidence sug
 gests that this policy meaningfully reduces the use of exclusionary discip
 line in the early grades without generating negative spillover effects on 
 peers.</p><p>For more information\, please contact  <a href="mailto:amkirk
 @syr.edu">Alyssa Kirk</a>.</p>
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