Grammar of School Discipline

Hannah Carson Baggett is associate professor of educational research in the College of Education at Auburn University.Carey E. Andrzejewski is professor of social foundations of education and educational research in the College of Education at Auburn University.

• Foreword by Cheryl E. MatiasPrologueIntroduction: Any Given Day in an Alabama Alternative SchoolPart I: RemovalChapter 1: Methods of Removal written with Nicholas P. TriplettChapter 2: Motives for RemovalChapter 3: A Portrait of Removal – Cotton County Schools written with Jasmine S. Betties and Sangah LeePart II: ResistanceChapter 4: Removed for ResistanceChapter 5: Who are the “Bad Kids”?: Portraits of Alternative School Students written with Sean A. ForbesChapter 6: Resistance and School-Based PractitionersChapter 7: Hitting Kids “Just Doesn’t Sit Well”: Resistance to Corporal Punishment written with Benjamin ArnbergPart III: ReformChapter 8: Efforts Toward ReformChapter 9: A Portrait of Reform in Timber County written with Nanyamka A. Shukura, Sangah Lee, and Jasmine S. BettiesPart IV: ReparationsChapter 10: The 4th RChapter 11: Self-Portraiture, Problematics Positions, and Politics

Bagget and Andrzejewski document the harms we do to students through racialized discipline, how students and educators resist, and how we can reform and repair our schools. Their argument is thorough, well-supported, and balanced. It shares an unflinching view of the humanity of students who resist and endure a system of school discipline built on white supremacy.