Mushmouth
07-24-2017, 06:48 AM
Researchers found causal evidence linking young children with higher exposures to lead to an increased probability of getting suspended from school -- and ending up in juvenile detention.
Syracuse had one of the highest suspension rates in the nation in 2014 when the New York attorney general ordered the school district to change its disciplinary code.
The district has since cut the number of suspensions per year by half, but black students still account for a disproportionate share of the suspensions.
Syracuse also had the nation's highest percentage of children with lead poisoning between 2009 and 2015, according to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.
http://www.syracuse.com/schools/index.ssf/2017/07/study_links_lead_paint_exposure_with_school_suspen sions.html
Syracuse had one of the highest suspension rates in the nation in 2014 when the New York attorney general ordered the school district to change its disciplinary code.
The district has since cut the number of suspensions per year by half, but black students still account for a disproportionate share of the suspensions.
Syracuse also had the nation's highest percentage of children with lead poisoning between 2009 and 2015, according to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics.
http://www.syracuse.com/schools/index.ssf/2017/07/study_links_lead_paint_exposure_with_school_suspen sions.html