Race and punishment: Data shows discipline disparity by race in Falmouth schools

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    Race and punishment: Data shows discipline disparity by race in Falmouth schools

    In the 2019-20 school year, students of color made up 20.8% of the student body in Falmouth Public Schools. But those students accounted for 46.6% of school suspensions, according to data from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. “That ... doesn’t sit well,” Falmouth School Committee member Leah Palmer said during the committee's meeting Tuesday night. “We need to address this.” In response to concerns that were raised after a Cape Cod Times articleexamined disparities in the way students are disciplined in the district, School Superintendent Lori Duerr and the School Committee on Tuesday presented and discussed the district's ...


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