Here are key points on preschool suspension disparities:●Black preschool children are 3.6 times as likely to receive one or more out-of-school suspensions as white preschool children. ●Black children represent 19 percent of preschool enrollment, but 47 percent of preschool children receiving one or more out-of-school suspensions. We’ll look at the appropriateness of any preschool suspensions — really an “adult behavior problem,” one expert says — but first let’s drill into the racial disparities. In comparison, white children represent 41 percent of preschool enrollment, but 28 percent of preschool children receiving one or more out-of-school suspensions. ●Black boys represent 19 percent of male preschool enrollment, but 45 percent of male preschool children receiving one or more out-of-school suspensions.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2016 01:52 UTC