Post by Logan on Apr 17, 2016 5:18:14 GMT -6
Black S.C. students suspended, expelled three times more often than whites
COLUMBIA, SC - African-American students were three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students in S.C. public schools last year.
The same was true in Richland 2 schools. That district became the focus of a heated national debate about school discipline last fall after a video went viral of a white sheriff’s deputy wrestling a black Spring Valley High School student from her desk and tossing her across the floor.
The student, in trouble for refusing to put her phone away, and a black classmate, who filmed the incident, were charged with disturbing schools, a charge that can lead to being suspended or expelled. Their cases are pending.
Black students have been more likely to be suspended or expelled from S.C. schools for at least a decade, The State newspaper found in reviewing discipline records for the state’s more than 80 school districts.
Read more: www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article72272312.html
COLUMBIA, SC - African-American students were three times more likely to be suspended or expelled than white students in S.C. public schools last year.
The same was true in Richland 2 schools. That district became the focus of a heated national debate about school discipline last fall after a video went viral of a white sheriff’s deputy wrestling a black Spring Valley High School student from her desk and tossing her across the floor.
The student, in trouble for refusing to put her phone away, and a black classmate, who filmed the incident, were charged with disturbing schools, a charge that can lead to being suspended or expelled. Their cases are pending.
Black students have been more likely to be suspended or expelled from S.C. schools for at least a decade, The State newspaper found in reviewing discipline records for the state’s more than 80 school districts.
Read more: www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/politics-columns-blogs/the-buzz/article72272312.html