Overall, African-American students are 3-1/2 times more likely to be suspended or expelled than their white peers. And 70 percent of students arrested or referred to law enforcement for disciplinary infractions are Black or Latino, according to a sweeping study released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).
One in five African-American boys – and one in 10 African-American girls – was suspended from school during the study period, the…Read full post
