The School to Prison Pipeline Is Even Bigger for the Deaf

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This is an article published in the New York Times. It states that children with disabilities are more likely to be suspended from school, than are non-disabled students. But, they didn’t need a study to prove this. They just needed to read DeafInPrison.com. We’re well familiar with both the school to prison pipeline, and the difficulties disabled students – in particular, the Deaf – are faced with. They are often disproportionately punished, in both schools and in adult life.

According to a new analysis of Department of Education data, 13 percent of disabled students in kindergarten through 12th grade were suspended during the 2009-10 school year, compared with 7 percent of students without disabilities. Among black children with disabilities, which included those with learning difficulties, the rate was much higher: one out of every four was suspended at least once that school year.

Want to read more? Here’s the link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/education/analysis-examines-disabled-students-suspensions.html?nl=todaysheadlines&adxnnl=1&emc=tha23_20120808&adxnnlx=1344434486-xodqHeoT4VfB4e3f4d4s1g