By Bruce Shipkowski, Julie Walker and Rebecca Reynolds The Associated Press Violent tornadoes that ripped through parts of the U.S. proved deadly as well as destructive March 15 as whipping winds moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South, with at least 17 people killed and scores of homes decimated. Missouri recorded more fatalities than […]
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More than numbers: The harsh discipline of K-12 girls
Black girls are disproportionately disciplined in public schools, with Black girls accounting for nearly half of all exclusionary discipline cases and facing exclusionary expulsion and corporal punishment as early as preschool.
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DOJ: Kansas’ largest school district used discriminatory discipline against Black students
The U.S. Department of Justice has reached an agreement with the Wichita School District to revise its disciplinary policies, including ending the practice of secluding students and offering counseling or tutoring to students who were secluded in the past three school years.