Texas Is Kicking Far Fewer Little Kids Out of the Classroom Thanks to This Law

The number of youngsters kicked out of the classroom has dropped by nearly a third since Texas implemented a law that banned such punishment except in the most extreme cases. Texas' public schools had suspended more than 101,000 students in prekindergarten to second grade during the 2015-16 school year. That fell by 31 percent to 70,197 in the 2017-18 school year, according to a report released Wednesday by the advocacy group Texans Care for Children. Still, some students were still more likely to face suspensions -- most notably kids in foster care, black children and those in special education. The efforts to keep more kids in class is comforting to many parents, such as Domonique Givens, whose children attend a Dallas elementary school. She said her daughter, now in the fourth grade, had been suspended a few years ago when she stood up to a bully.   Continue reading...