Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools

Summary: This book explains how the U.S. education system regularly and uniquely marginalizes Black girls in ways that are demonstrably harmful to their education and lives. The book offers some alternatives school discipline, dress codes, and classroom interactions that will help facilitate educational experiences that help Black girls to thrive in their education and their lives outside of school. These alternatives are rooted in demonstrating understanding and respect for Black girls both as a group that faces unique challenges in the U.S. education system and broader culture and as individuals.