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Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school discipline

  • Written by Jonathan F. Zaff, Research Associate Professor and Executive Director, Center for Promise, Boston University
Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school disciplineA student discusses a recent conflict with another student solved through restorative justice, at Ed White Middle School in San Antonio, Texas.Eric Gay/AP

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to get rid of an Obama-era policy that sought to end racial disparities in school suspensions and expulsions. Statistics show those disparities mean black...

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