The Civil Rights of Children - NYTimes.com: Most school officials try to apply disciplinary policies fairly and in compliance with federal laws that forbid racial discrimination. Even so, a large and troubling body of data — some if it gathered by the federal government — shows that black and Hispanic students are disproportionately and unjustifiably subjected to suspension, expulsion or even arrest for nonviolent offenses that should be dealt with in the principal’s office.
As a result, minority children who are already at greater risk of dropping out are being ejected from school and denied the right to an effective public education.
