Corrections & Clarifications: This story from The Hechinger Report has been updated to clarify Johanna Lacoe's title. She is the research director of the California Policy Lab's site at the University ...

Concerned that out-of-school suspensions disproportionately target Black and brown students and stifle learning, some U.S. schools are doing away with this disciplinary practice. Using data from the ...

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While the numbers of suspensions have declined over the past decade, disparities have persisted. In Missouri, Black students and students with disabilities are suspended at disproportionately higher ...