STOP THE PRISON PIPELINE! RALLY AT HORACE MANN/OLD NOVA SCHOOL TODAY 2pm!! In Seattle Public Schools: (Link to Article: U.S. probes racial disparities in Seattle school discipline) - African-American high school students are suspended or expelled more than three times as often as other students - In middle school, the racial disparity is greater, with blacks 3 1/2 times more likely to be disciplined than other students, according to district data shared with Reuters. - More than a quarter of all black middle school pupils have received short-term suspensions in any given year since at least the 2006-07 academic year, compared with 7.4 percent or less annually for white students, the data shows. - African-Americans represent just over 20 percent of the 12,500 high school students in the Seattle district and 18 percent of 8,000 middle school students there, and yet they account for more than 40 percent of all suspensions and expulsions in those schools. - The racial disparity in student discipline is a problem, Seattle Public Schools Superintendent Jose Banda, who was appointed last May to oversee the district, told Reuters. It is a concern for us.
Posted on: Sat, 02 Nov 2013 16:39:39 +0000
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