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Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school discipline

Alternative approaches needed to end racial disparities in school discipline

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants to get rid of an Obama-era policy that sought to end racial disparities in school suspensions and expulsions. Statistics show those disparities mean black students are four times more likely to be suspended than white students and two-thirds of black males will be suspended at some point during their K-12 careers. Even if DeVos does scrap […] … learn more→