The Tribune reports on a new just released about suspensions and expulsions in public schools. From the article:
One of every 4 African-American public school students in Illinois was suspended at least once for disciplinary reasons during the 2009-10 school year, the highest rate among 47 states examined in a national study released Tuesday.
Illinois schools, in particular Chicago Public Schools, also had the widest gap in suspension rates between black and white students, according to the report, underscoring concerns by many educators that African-Americans face harsher discipline than their classmates.
The Center for Civil Rights Remedies at UCLA analyzed a year’s worth of student suspension data from K-12 schools in hundreds of districts across the country. Expanding on research released by theU.S. Department of Education in March, the report ranked city and suburban districts by the percentages of minority students who received out-of-school suspensions in 2009-10.
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