Ethnographies reveal harm from informal discipline methods in schools, suggesting a need for awareness.
Many schools have moved away from formal suspensions and expulsions, but more informal disciplinary practices have emerged in their place. Drawing on two school ethnographies, the authors describe these often-invisible practices and explain how they harm students and their families.
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