Suspensions and expulsions could set our most vulnerable kids on a path to school drop-out, drug use and crime

By Linda J. Graham, Callula Killingly, Kristin R. Laurens and Naomi Sweller
Community contribution / September 15, 2021

Increasing numbers of students are being excluded from Australian schools.

This is done both temporarily, through informal and formal suspensions, and permanently, through expelling them and cancelling their enrolments.

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By Linda J. Graham, Callula Killingly, Kristin R. Laurens and Naomi Sweller

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Linda J. Graham, Professor and Director of the Centre for Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology; Callula Killingly, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology; Kristin R. Laurens, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology, and Naomi Sweller, Associate Professor in Psychology, Macquarie University

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Suspensions and expulsions could set our most vulnerable kids on a path to school drop-out, drug use and crime

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