[Ahban]

In my observations as a teacher in a black majority school district for nine years, I would say it is because the black kids misbehave more often.

[dawn53]

And to take it a step further, many black kids are raised without the influence of a father in their lives. Discipline is lacking and therefore, at school, they get into more trouble.

[wardaddy]

My three cousins in Jackson Mississippi who taught public for years say precisely the same thing.


They quit and went to teaching private for less money.

Jackson public schools are 88% black

[Thebaddog]

I had a black kid work for me a couple of years ago and I had a conversation with him about standing up to police at traffic stops. He was telling me that it's a mark of pride to give the cops lip. Almost an obligation. I told him that the white boy's response to a policeman was yes sir and no sir. He understood, but I don't think it changed anything.

[teawithmisswilliams]

"We have to teach people to be very aware of their biases," says Agruso, "and ask if bias is creeping into how they treat a child."

Most adults have a bias against obnoxious, disruptive behaviour. If a student chooses to act like a ghetto thug or "ho", s/he will not get much of an education. Want to help these kids? Make them behave like civilized people. Their culture, not racism or the "biased" school, is what's dragging them down.

[Polybius]

In my observations as a teacher in a black majority school district for nine years, I would say it is because the black kids misbehave more often.

The obvious solution is to encourage white kids to misbehave more often so that the suspension rates will be similar.