To handle disruptions in the classroom is also a factor.ĭisparate discipline, such as Noguera and Dan Losen, director of theĬivil Rights Remedies Project at UCLA, point to studies showing Researchers say that can lead to more discipline problems in schools.Īnd a disproportionate number of African-American students come from Students who comeįrom lower-income homes tend to have more disruptions in their lives Range of reasons behind disparate discipline rates. Internal memos show Portland school officials are worried they could face a similar investigation. Intended to end unequal punishment there. Last year, Oakland, Calif., schools reached a settlement Department of Education for their disparate discipline ofīlack students. Reasons-disrespect, excessive noise, threat and loitering-than wereĭiscipline of black students matters for another reason as well: Theįederal government can come in and force districts to fix the problem.ĭistricts, including Minneapolis and Seattle, are under investigation by Multnomah County Commission on Children, Families and Community foundīlack students were often disciplined for more subjective Insubordination and battery are usually among the top reasons. Students fighting, disorderly conduct, threats and intimidation, Last year, the district suspended or expelled 2,145 "Why would you think kids who aren't doing well in school will do betterĬalled "referrals" if school officials believe they have violated theĬode of conduct. Professor and national expert on closing the racial achievement gap. The last resort," says Pedro Noguera, a New York University education Percent-can hardly afford to knock more students off the path to a Schools-with a graduation rate for African-American students of about 52 A recent Johns Hopkins University studyįound that booting kids out of school even one time doubles their risk Studies have shown that suspending or expelling students increases theĬhance they won't finish school. School often find themselves on a track to failure. Theĭistrict since 2007 has spent more than $2.5 million on employee training, calledĬourageous Conversations, and will spend about $1 million this year toįund its equity office largely based on these ideas. Unconscious racial bias in the school system is the biggest driver ofīeen pushed by the district's primary consultant on race issues. Have overhauled almost every school policy based on the idea that Wide range of racial inequities, including graduation rates and reading Years, Portland Public Schools has spent millions of dollars to address a "There is no acceptable level of disparate discipline." System," says Urban League of Portland President Michael Alexander. Generations of young men because of disparities in the education Investigation for civil rights violations. National average and far worse than districts under federal Puts Portland's unequal treatment of black students well above the Students in Portland schools are nearly five times more likely to be By the school district, the overall number of students beingĭisciplined has fallen in the past three years, but the inequitiesīetween white and black have grown worse.
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