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TOLEDO, Ohio – The sound of his teacher smacking his desk jolted Marquan into consciousness, and his head jerked up. “Wake up,” his teacher said. Marquan hadn’t slept much the night before, and the ...

California’s most vulnerable students are still suspended at disproportionately high rates despite efforts to address racial disparities in school discipline policies. According to “In Harm’s Way: The ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. — Camron Olivas has been suspended at least five times throughout middle and high school for being late to class. While his mother cares for his toddler sister, his older brother ...

NEW YORK — Leading the NHL’s Department of Player Safety can be a thankless vocation. You take punches from every direction. You deal with angry calls from general managers, especially when one of ...

Corrections & Clarifications: This story from The Hechinger Report has been updated to clarify Johanna Lacoe's title. She is the research director of the California Policy Lab's site at the University ...