Sentences with phrase «much higher suspension rate»

The 11 families named in the suit have demands for the state, county, and district that includes health and educational screenings, special education services, universal pre-K, and changes to current discipline approaches; Flint has a much higher suspension rate for special education students than the state average.

Meanwhile, some schools have similar or much higher suspension rates than the district average (2.85 %).

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The administration and the House Appropriations Committee also proposed elimination or severe cuts, respectively, to the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.45 Currently funded with more than $ 1 billion, this program provides enrichment opportunities in safe environments to more than 1.6 million students per year, 46 70 percent of whom are students of color.47 Much of this funding supports after - school programs, but 21st CCLC also funds before - school and summer programs.48 Research indicates that participation in 21st CCLC is linked to better attitudes toward school, higher rates of school attendance, fewer suspensions, and better performance in school, among other outcomes.49 In addition, many of these programs provide students with snacks or meals.50

Despite the decrease, the 2015 suspension rate for blacks remained much higher than for other ethnic groups; the other groups, also experienced declining suspension rates.

Because students are suspended much more frequently in high school, suspension rates for grades 9 - 12 are likely to be far higher than that.

HARTFORD — After years of extremely high suspension rates and a report last year of children confined to a seclusion room, leaders of Achievement First say that the behavioral management practices at its Hartford Academy Elementary School are much improved this fall because of teacher training and new policies.

You will pay much higher car insurance rates because of the offense that triggered the suspension and the SR - 22 filing.

Recent data indicate that expulsions and suspensions occur regularly in early childhood settings and at a much higher rate than in K - 12 education.

As African American boys experience a much higher rate of suspensions and expulsions from preschool settings than do other children (Gilliam 2005), these relationship - building techniques are particularly relevant for teachers as they reflect on their own practices and biases — especially toward African American boys — in early childhood classrooms.