U. of Penn. study: 13 Southern states account for 55% of African-American school suspensions

School buses line up and transport students at North Atlanta High School. Kent D. Johnson, kdjohnson@ajc.com

A draft of a new University of Pennsylvania study says that school systems in 13 Southern states account for more than half of all suspensions of African-American public school students in the U.S. From the report:

Nationally, 1.2 million black students were suspended from K-12 public schools in a single academic year – 55% of those suspensions occurred in 13 Southern states. Districts in the South also were responsible for 50% of black student expulsions from public schools in the United States.

And closer to home:

101,813 black students were suspended from Georgia K-12 public schools in a single academic year. Blacks were 37% of students in school districts across the state, but comprised 67% of suspensions and 64% of expulsions. Bremen City Schools, Chattooga County Schools, Commission Charter Schools – CCAT School, Jefferson City Schools, and Lumpkin County Schools are among districts in which suspensions most disproportionately affected black students.

The entire report is at your fingertips here:

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