Race in our Public Schools
More news on race and children in America. I offer this information as news. I have tried not to editorialize much here but to listen to what others are saying. Somewhere in this country, people are suspending preschoolers and most of them are children of color or Special Education students. (I didn't even know you could suspend a pre-schooler.) This story from the Huffington Post. It's a wide-ranging report that goes from preschool thru high school and examines not just discipline but offerings in districts throughout the country. A staggering new report released by the Department of Education and the Justice Department on Friday highlights a troubling pattern of zero-tolerance school discipline policies that disproportionately impact minority students in general, but also trickle down to the nation’s youngest students. While black children represent only 18% of preschool enrollment nationally, they make up 42% of students suspended o...