How activists are fighting racial disparities in school discipline
- Written by Mark R Warren, Professor of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
Numerous data show black students are kicked out of school at disproportionate rates.Rido/www.shutterstock.comHarsh and racially disparate discipline practices are widespread in America’s schools.
Not so long ago in Texas, for instance, 75 percent of black students had been suspended at some point in high school. For black males in Texas, 83...
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