The U.S. Department of Education's latest Civil Rights Data Collection release, covering the 2017-18 school year, showed 101,990 students nationwide were subjected to restraint or seclusion disciplinary practices that academic year. Of students restrained and secluded, 78% and 77%, respectively, were students with disabilities.
The numbers were an increase from the 2015-16 national data set, which showed 71% of restrained students and 66% of secluded students had disabilities, highlighting the ongoing need to rethink and retool approaches to school discipline at large.
To help you get up to speed on these challenges, we've compiled a selection of our coverage from this year to serve as a study guide.
