Students With Disabilities Disciplined Twice as Often as Peers
February 28, 2018
By: Courtney Perkes
Source: Disability Scoop
Suspension and expulsion rates for students with disabilities have dropped, but are still about two times higher than for their typically-developing classmates, according to a new report.
The New York City-based National Center for Special Education in Charter Schools analyzed national data from the U.S. Department of Education’s 2013-2014 Civil Rights Data Collection, which is the most current available.
“The data shows that while we’ve made slight improvements and are headed in the right direction…