Thursday, October 6, 2011

Disparate discipline in public schools | Thoughts on Public Education

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Disparate discipline in public schools

Black and Hispanic students more likely to get kicked out
By Kathryn Baron

If Congress ever reauthorizes No Child Left Behind, civil rights groups want indicators of school success to include how they mete out punishment. School suspensions have soared over the years, and so has the disparity by race, ethnicity, and disability, according to a new report.

The study, Discipline policies, successful schools, and racial justice, analyzes decades