This is a site for articles related to human development for students taking Psy 2261 (Child Development) or Psy 2340 (Life-Span Development) at Columbus State Community College. Articles are relevant to physical, cognitive or psychosocial development issues in infancy, childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, middle adulthood, and late adulthood. If you find a broken link, please let me know!
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Disabled Students Suspended More Often
The NY Times article entitled "Disabled Students Almost Twice as Likely to Be Suspended, Analysis Finds" reveals that disabled students are almost twice as likely to be suspended as non-disabled students, and African American students with disabilities have a much higher rate. The article goes into detail about why this might be a concern. Do you think that there is an ability bias happening? What needs to change about the system to modify this statistic?
Labels:
disability,
discrimination,
early childhood,
ethnicity,
school
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