(REPORT) --- Black students make up 15.5 percent of school enrollment nationwide but a staggering 33.4 percent of students arrested. This alarming finding comes from Education Week’s analysis of the latest federal Civil Rights Data Collection from the 2013-2014 school year. This is a problem for all parts of our country. As Education Week
Racial Disparities In Student Arrests Becoming Nationwide Epidemic
In most states, the share of Black students arrested is at least 10 percentage points higher than their share of enrollment in schools with at least one arrest.
By Sarah Hinger
