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The reason for taking this approach is simple. Studies reveal school suspensions correlate to academic failure, including higher school dropout rates. Students are not in position to learn if they are not in the classroom.

In turn, suspensions affect minority students disproportionately. In Texas, African-American students compromise 13 percent of students but are, on average, two times as likely to be suspended as white and Hispanic/Latino students.

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- Former Commissioner of Education Michael Williams

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http://tea.texas.gov/Home/Commissioner_Blog/Texas_Focusing_on_Restorative_Discipline/

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