17-12-2015 21:12 via topix.com

Fresno programs try to repair racial imbalance in student suspensions

Today's lesson is about tolerance, and the quote of the day comes from Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous "I Have a Dream" speech. "They needed African American men," he said. Last year in Fresno County schools, about 64 percent of suspended students were Hispanic, 15 percent were black and 15 percent were white. I would always get kicked out for being late, but they never asked me why I was late. At Cambridge High, 75 percent of the student body is Hispanic and 12 percent is black. "I don't think
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