Understanding and Eliminating Expulsion in Early Childhood Programs
Early childhood programs improve learning outcomes when they implement policies to reduce and eliminate preschool expulsion.
Suspension and Expulsion
These resources support preventing suspensions and expulsions in center-based Head Start programs. Suspensions and expulsions of young children are not developmentally appropriate practices, yet according to recent data, they occur regularly in early childhood settings. These exclusionary practices deprive children of valuable learning experiences, and have a negative impact on children’s development that extends into grade school and beyond.