New York City mandated a decline in suspensions in its public schools. The result? A 21% increase in suspensions, according to this NYT story.
And one of those kids killed another student with a knife and badly injured another student. Yes, we need to abandon all-but-hunting-rifles.
But, as this tale tells, if schools continue to abuse our children with suspensions and expulsions, we will continue to see school violence.
No, teachers were not pushing back. And NYC will continue to try to lower suspensions. My guess on the increase: teachers unconsciously taking out their disagreement with Trump on boys.
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