Minorities More Likely To Get The Switch

By Kleinheider Posted on August 20, 2008 at 7:06 pm

Paddlings, swats, licks. A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them in 2007 — and black children, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.

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Mickey writes
August 20th, 2008 7:39 pm

Here is the corrected headline: Mean kids get punished!

Minorities More Likely To Get The Switch

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