A new report is shining a light on a troubling trend in our region – it’s highlighting a racial gap in DC area school suspensions. According to the Washington Post, black students are suspended and expelled 2-5 times as often as white students. Student and parent advocate William B. Reichhardt joined FOX 5 to help us to make sense of the numbers.
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