About 2.8 million American children were told at least once during the 2013-2014 school year to leave public school for bad behavior. In the United States, forcing a student to leave school is a punishment known as suspension. It is designed to stop misbehaving students from interfering with classroom activities. But a number of recent studies suggest the punishment does not work. One group, for example, found that suspended students are more likely to be arrested by police or drop out of school. The Council of State Government carried out the study. Another survey found that suspensions in 10th grade alone cost U.S. taxpayers $35 billion for extra prison and social welfare spending. That finding came from researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). And suspensions may unfairly target African-Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Education. It reported in June that African-Americans are 3.8 times more likely to receive one or more suspensions as white students.
Title: How Should Schools Deal with Misbehaving Students?
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/misbehaving_students.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='How Should Schools Deal with Misbehaving Students?' data-article-id='1790'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='14396'>About 2.8 million American children were told at least once during the 2013-2014 school year to leave public school for bad behavior.</span> <span data-start-time='14396' data-end-time='22854'>In the United States, forcing a student to leave school is a punishment known as suspension.</span> <span data-start-time='22854' data-end-time='31521'>It is designed to stop misbehaving students from interfering with classroom activities.</span> <span data-start-time='31521' data-end-time='39063'>But a number of recent studies suggest the punishment does not work.</span> <span data-start-time='39063' data-end-time='50396'>One group, for example, found that suspended students are more likely to be arrested by police or drop out of school.</span> <span data-start-time='50396' data-end-time='55458'>The Council of State Government carried out the study.</span> <span data-start-time='55458' data-end-time='70063'>Another survey found that suspensions in 10th grade alone cost U.S. taxpayers $35 billion for extra prison and social welfare spending.</span> <span data-start-time='70063' data-end-time='77583'>That finding came from researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).</span> <span data-start-time='77583' data-end-time='87542'>And suspensions may unfairly target African-Americans, according to the U.S. Department of Education.</span> <span data-start-time='87542' data-end-time='99167'>It reported in June that African-Americans are 3.8 times more likely to receive one or more suspensions as white students.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/misbehaving_students.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6946 data-hint-location='39063' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/what_does_suspend_mean.m4a'>What does suspend mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='temporarily prevent from continuing'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/something_that_can_be_chosen_instead_of_something_else.m4a'><span>something that can be chosen instead of something else</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/to_interrupt_normal_progress_or_activity.m4a'><span>to interrupt normal progress or activity</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1281/temporarily_prevent_from_continuing.m4a'><span>temporarily prevent from continuing</span></div><div class='choice' 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