Sentences with phrase «black kids condemned»

Ferguson - Florissant meted out at least one out - of - school suspension to 11 percent of black children condemned to its special ed ghettos (including kids covered by Section 504 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act); that rate is double the 4.9 percent of black kids condemned to special ed in St. Louis who were suspended once from school.

Put bluntly, if you are a black kid condemned to special ed in Ferguson, you have a one - in - two chance of getting suspended at some point, while the chances of harsh school discipline for a peer in St. Louis is a (admittedly not great) one - in - five.

Not exact matches

The percentage of Ferguson - Florissant's black children condemned to the top five special ed categories is just three - tenths of a percentage point higher than the 9.5 percent of kids in St. Louis» perpetually - failing traditional district labeled in the top five special ed categories.