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Answer some/ all of the following questions:

Week 8-Specific Questions:

What do “Valedictorian” & “Pushout” suggest about our potentially unique expectations for Black girls? How does this compare/contrast to Howard’s arguments regarding Black boys?

What do Lhamon & Samuels argue about racialized inequalities in school punishment?

What does Davis suggest as an alternative to dominant school punishment systems?

Given Aliyah Abu-Hazeem’s background and research goals (see Lecture and Discussion slides for Week 7), and considering the materials for this week, what questions do you have for Abu-Hazeem?

Weekly Questions:

What do you think of the authors’ arguments? What is compelling? What flaws do you see?

How does this fit into the theoretical frameworks we have discussed?

How do you see your own educational experiences fitting, or not fitting, into this picture?

Please feel free to tell a story, write a poem, etc. about this or present your discussion in another non-traditional manner.

What questions do you have or would you like to explore in class discussion?

Be sure to summarize each reading/ video/ podcast in 1-3 sentences each. This can be done in an integrated discussion (so, I encourage you not to list the summaries for each item before diving into your discussion, but to rather incorporate your brief summary where appropriate within a response to the above questions).