Four takeaways from our investigation into Texas’ disciplinary schools

Every year, Texas sends more than 100,000 students to its system of disciplinary schools, known as disciplinary alternative education programs. When the state legislature established DAEPs in 1995, during rising national concern about school violence, they were designed as a step up from a suspension for students who’d committed serious offenses. But since then, the […] The post Four takeaways from our investigation into Texas’ disciplinary schools  appeared first on The Hechinger Report.