Black Students In The U.S. Get Criminalized While White Students Get Treatment

When black and white kids act up or display troubling behavior at schools, teachers and administrators often address it with differing responses split along racial lines, new research shows.

Black students are more likely to be punished with suspensions, expulsions or referrals to law enforcement, a phenomenon that helps funnel kids into the criminal justice system. Pendant ce temps, white kids are more likely to be pushed into special education services or receive medical and psychological treatment for their perceived misbehaviors, selon a study released last week in the journal Sociology of Education.

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