Editorial: The Hidden Costs of Being A Black Student
Ideally, schools are learning environments which promote intellectual growth, while nurturing healthy social and emotional development. Schools are also a microcosm of the bigger world in which students live, mirroring the best and worst of our society, including the debility of systemic racism. One way this inequity is perpetuated within schools is through exclusionary discipline practices, and the disproportionate impact these practices have on Black and multiracial Black children, as well as single-parent families.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Kristine Goins, Emily Aron, Simon Chamakalayil, Jeff Q. Bostic Tags: Editorial Source Type: research
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