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Why Are Our Young Children Being Expelled and Suspended in Preschool, and Why Are Some of Our Children 365bet体育在线世界杯 Such Greater Risk? [SCHUBERT CENTER EVENT]

Event Date:
November 29th 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM

Photograph of Walter Gilliam

The Schubert Center for Child Studies hosted , associate professor of child psychiatry and psychology at Yale University, for a discussion titled 鈥淲hy Are Our Young Children Being Expelled and Suspended in Preschool, and Why Are Some of Our Children 365bet体育在线世界杯 Such Greater Risk?鈥�

His talk was held Tuesday, Nov. 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center.

Gilliam, also the director of the Edward Zigler Center in Child Development and Social Policy, addressed the following topics:

  • The latest research regarding preschool and child care expulsions and suspensions;
  • Which programs and children are at greatest risk;
  • Some reasons why these disparities may exist; and
  • What we can do to help ensure that the early education is part of the solution to inequitable opportunity versus just another facet of the problem.

The Schubert Center prepared a snapshot handout for the event titled Preschool Removals: A Closer Look.

The Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development, , , and  partnered with the Schubert Center to offer this program.