Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Systems.

This article highlights Walter Gilliam’s findings on the rates of PreK expulsion, including specific findings related to race and gender (e.g., African-American preschoolers were about twice as likely to be expelled as European American (both Latino and non-Latino) preschoolers and over five times as likely as Asian-American pre- schoolers; boys were expelled at a rate over 4½ times that of girls). A subsequent study showed that when teachers were supported to use evidence-based practices that promote children’s social emotional competence expulsion rates went down.