Study exposes some some myths about school discipline - The Washington Post: ...In an analysis that controlled for 83 variables to isolate the effect of race on discipline, the study found African American students had a 31 percent higher likelihood of being disciplined for a discretionary offense, compared with identical whites and Hispanics.
The analysis also concluded that African Americans had fewer mandatory-discipline offenses than whites or Hispanics.
“The numbers are heartbreaking,” said Matt Cregor, of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, who the called the study “remarkable” for its scope and depth. The results, he said, reflected patterns elsewhere. “What we’re seeing in Texas is no different than what we are seeing nationally.”
“We’re not going to close the so-called achievement gap or end this graduation or dropout crisis until we take a hard look at the numbers like these and the practices and policies that created them,” Cregor said.
