Most vulnerable students suspended most often

When researchers looked at the profiles of CPS high school students who were most likely to be disciplined in their schools, a startling statistic emerged: 30 percent of students with a documented history of being abused or neglected received out-of-school suspensions in the 2013-2014 school year.

That rate was higher than the rate for students with other risk factors, such as extreme poverty or having entered high school with lower test scores than their peers...