Report: Disabled, Minority Students Bear Brunt Of Disciplinary Policies : The Two-Way : NPR: An analysis of 85 percent of school districts in the country finds that minority and disabled students have felt the brunt of disciplinary action.
NPR's Claudio Sanchez filed this report for our Newscast unit:
"Researchers with the civil rights project at University of California, Los Angeles examined disciplinary policies in 7,000 districts and found that from 2009-2010, one in six black students was suspended at least once. Compared to 1 in 25 white students. The reasons? Foul language, disruptive behavior, fighting and tardiness.
"The most alarming figure, according to the report, was that in 400 districts, one in four children with disabilities was suspended at least once, often for reasons related to their disability. The report singles out 200 school districts for particularly harsh disciplinary policies that disproportionately punishes black, latino and disabled kids."
