A study disclosed this past Friday revealed some sad news about public schools. First, let’s touch on the fact that black children are — as documented — more likely to be disciplined. Now, the U.S. Education Department has stepped up and decided to figure out the problem. That starts with finding out how many children are displined in grade school, and also, similarities in those groups. Hit the jump for the info.
According to Daily News,
Advocates have complained that get-tough suspension and arrest policies by school administrators contribute to a “school-to-prison” pipeline that snags minority students.
The report suggest that the pattern begins with kids as young as four years old.
The data doesn’t explain why the racial disparities exist or why the students were suspended, but officials called the findings troubling.
The initial study done by the education department found that out of 1 million kids in public preschool in the 2011-2012 school year, 5,000 were suspended. Of that 5,000, half of them were black. The sad part is that blacks only represent %18 of the enrollment — that’s less than a quarter of the enrollment.
