'Black students more likely to be suspended - even in preschool' - "The data doesn't explain why the disparities exist or why the students were suspended" --Bingo!

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Black students more likely to be suspended - even in preschool

WASHINGTON -- Black students are more likely to be suspended from U.S. public schools - even as tiny preschoolers.

The racial disparities in American education, from access to high-level classes and experienced teachers to discipline, were highlighted in a report released Friday by the Education Department's civil rights arm.

The suspensions - and disparities - begin at the earliest grades.

Black children represent about 18 percent of children in preschool programs in schools, but they make up almost half of the preschoolers who are suspended more than once, the report said. Six percent of the nation's districts with preschools reported suspending at least one preschool child. . . .

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/education-department-black-preschoolers-more-likely-to-be-suspended/