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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 24, 2013
A sociologist has urged the NAACP to push for this change to school discipline policy.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onMay 10, 2013
The latest allegations of school discipline gone wrong come from a New York classroom.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onApril 9, 2013
More data -- and more bad news -- about racial disparities in punitive school discipline measures.
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 16, 2013
"While dumping problem students from your books like a subprime loan is effective business management," writes The Root's contributing editor Natalie Hopkinson at The Root DC, "it's also a deeply unethical way to operate a system of public education."
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by Natalie Hopkinson onMarch 16, 2013
"While dumping problem students from your books like a subprime loan is effective business management," writes The Root's contributing editor Natalie Hopkinson at The Root DC, "it's also a deeply unethical way to operate a system of public education."
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by Sherrilyn A. Ifill onJanuary 26, 2013
Black Leaders on Education: Biased discipline leads to educational inequality, says Sherrilyn A. Ifill.
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by Jenée Desmond-Harris onAugust 8, 2012
African-American students are disproportionately punished this way, and some say it's creating a pathway straight to prison.
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April 2, 2012
Blogging the Beltway: His harsh punishment underscores a federal report on racially disparate student discipline.
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by Joshua R. Weaver onOctober 11, 2011
Black students are often removed from school for minor infractions, says a new report.
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