Black students disproportionately disciplined with suspensions and detentions in elementary school
Published Date: 8/12/2021
Source: phys.org
A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that among elementary school-aged children, Black children and multiracial children who were at least partly Black, are at a much higher risk of receiving detention or suspension in school even when accounting for typical predictors of school discipline.