by Tyler | Jul 10, 2020 | 2020 Election, Bernie Sanders, disparate impact, Education, Joe Biden, Obama school discipline policy, Peter Kirsanow, Politics, racism, school violence, School-to-Prison pipeline, Social Justice, Trending
The Biden-Sanders “unity” recommendations urge public schools to return to the Obama leniency policy for unacceptable behavior by “children of color.”
by Tyler | Nov 24, 2019 | Education, Family, family structure, Gail Heriot, Institute for Family Studies, Institutional Racism, Obama school discipline policy, Peter Kirsanow, Politics, public schools, racial discrimination, racial disparities, school suspensions, school violence, School-to-Prison pipeline, single-parent families, Social Justice, Trending, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
A new study affirms what many public policy analysts say is intuitive — that unstable family structure, including chaotic households and single-parent homes, is a primary factor in racial disparities in school behavior and suspensions.