Project Description

Minn-LInK Report Brief—Special Topic No. 10, Fall 2010
Authors: Anita Larson, MA, Shweta Singh, MS, & Crystal Lewis, MPP

In an effort to better understand the impact of sanctions on children’s educational outcomes, the current study addressed the following questions: 1) What are the characteristics of the families who experience sanctions? 2) What is the relationship between sanction experiences and educational outcomes of school attendance and enrollment disruptions for children in elementary, middle and high school? 3) What is the relationship between sanction timings and negative educational outcomes?

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Minn-LInK is a unique collaborative, university-based research environment with the express purpose of studying child and family well being in Minnesota using state administrative data from multiple agencies.