Civil Rights Group: Minority Students Face More Suspensions

USA Today (10/5, Toppo) reports that according to a report from Colorado-based civil rights organization the National Education Policy Center based on data from ED's Office for Civil Rights, "US public schools suspend black, Hispanic and disabled students at much higher rates than others." The group, USA Today adds, says its findings call into question the quality of staff training and anti-discrimination policies. The article refers to other recent studies criticizing school discipline policies, relates some of the statistics from the study, and notes that ED spokesperson Justin Hamilton "said department officials hadn't seen the new report, but said they were aware of 'troubling reports across the country' of the disparity in minority and white discipline rates."