U. of C. report

A new report on discipline in Chicago Public Schools found that nearly one-third of students with a documented history of abuse or neglect faced suspensions during the 2013-2014 school year, and more than a quarter of high schoolers from the city's poorest neighborhoods were suspended during the same period.

The report, issued Tuesday by the University of Chicago's Consortium on Chicago School Research, also said that African-American students continue to be suspended at a higher rate than their white, Latino or Asian counterparts — an issue educators have wrestled with for years...