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Preventing Expulsion & Suspension, Promoting Equity and the Relationship to Quality Improvement

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By: Carey McCann, Kim Means, Eva Marie Shivers, BUILD Initiative, Child Care State Capacity Building Center, Indigo Cultural Center July 16, 2018
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This presentation, from the 2018 BUILD QRIS National Meeting, presents the research about early childhood suspension and expulsion, explores the role of state policy in prevention, the role of QRIS, and the equity issues that are critical to this work.

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