WASHINGTON, D.C. – The ACLU released a report complaining that public schools in the U.S. – which now serve mostly children of color – have too many police, not enough counselors, and may disproportionally suspend minority children as discipline.
In recently released report, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) says data collected by the U.S. Department of Education “reveals the extent of police presence in schools, the lack of basic services, and the growing racial disparities in public school systems serving 50 million students.”
Here are some key takeaways:
- For the first time in history, public schools in America are serving mostly children of color.
- Students who missed school in 2015-16 because of suspensions – disproportionately students of color – were denied a total of 11 million days of instruction. That’s 60,000 school years and 60 million hours of lost education. All in a single school year.
- Millions of students are in schools with cops but no counselor, social worker, or nurse. In 2015-2016, there was a student-to-counselor ratio of 444:1.
The ACLU went on to criticize President Donald Trump, saying his administration “is calling for increasing ‘law and order’ with more school police, and Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos is even considering allowing the use of federal funds to arm teachers with guns – moves that will harm students of color the most and deepen education inequality.”
Ban all public school sports. Also the stupid ACLU
No have them bring in great coaching staff to help the losing mohawks.
ACLU needs to work to get teens drugs and sex not stupid education.
ACLU what a joke they need to get their act together and help teens get beer and sex and promote incest not worry about loser school stuff.
let me get this straight the ACLU is using number from before President Trump took office to go after him and his and the secretary of education and their ideas without asking the question how a system that has had billions and billions of taxpayer dollars pumped into it is failing to educate the children attending them. Also could it be that the children that are attending these schools have not be taught to have respect for the people trying to educate them or for the schools themselves.
The A C L U has turned into and Anti American TOOL for the Democratic party – Abolish them as they are N W O filth.
The ACLU can’t be abolished unless we turn into a police state. But hey, that is what you trumpsters want.
The ACLU is saying that our schools need counselors to help the students achieve their goals. The government is saying we need more police.
Now if the ACLU means that those public schools that have a larger population of African Americans have more police present than the average public school then yes. Just look at Chicago’s south side. Blacks are shooting blacks in unbelievable numbers. All age groups from 3 years old to 68. But the majority is in the school age range. So, yeah they need the police because their ‘Out-of-Control’.
Bullpucky! Africa Americans make up 15% of the population and Mexicans about 18%. So what your saying is these two groups are the only one’s with children. Hell, Iowa 85% of European descent. But if you watch TV it’s disproportionately in favor of African Americans in relation to population. If there ever was a case of fake news this is it. Who the hell sends their children to a private school. Now raise your hands across the nation…4%.