Facing Race

Race and education (1x6)

Yayınlanma tarihi: Eki 18, 2020

In episode 6 of “Facing Race,” we examine the educational system and what we can do to give kids a fair shake. The so-called school to prison pipeline funnels mostly kids of color out of classrooms and into courtrooms, and it starts with discipline. In Washington, 52.5% of students are white, and 4.4% are black, according to state data. However, in the 2018-19 school year, 8.3% of Black students were suspended or expelled for a discipline-related incident, which is more than twice the rate for white students (3.4%). Those same students kicked out of school often end up in jail, and that's been a problem for generations.