CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Data reveals black students are disciplined at higher rates than white students and other minority groups in West Virginia’s public schools.
The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports that data from the West Virginia Department of Education presented at a conference Monday shows that black students account for 10 percent of students expelled and 10 percent of students who receive out-of-school suspensions, despite constituting less than 5 percent of students in the public school system.
During the 2015-16 school year, 40 percent of all black students from low socio-economic backgrounds were disciplined, a rate 12 percent higher than the average for all students.
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Information from: The Charleston Gazette-Mail, https://wvgazettemail.com.
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