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Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solution

  • Written by Andrea Joseph-McCatty, Assistant Professor of Social Work, University of Tennessee
Black girls are 4.19 times more likely to get suspended than white girls – and hiring more teachers of color is only part of the solutionRace, class and gender can not only impact the education that students receive, but also the punishments they receive.Courtney Hale/iStock / Getty Images Plus via Getty Images

Andrea Joseph-McCatty is an assistant professor at the College of Social Work at the University of Tennessee. Her research examines disproportional school suspensions and, in...

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