State discipline law keeps Black, Latino kids in class. ... Black students accounted for 17% of total suspensions in California — despite making up less than 6% of the student population. ...

This is the vision Nakia Bowling has for young Black children in the ... who founded an after-school program at Miami Shores Elementary learns some new steps along with children during a dance class.

Looming funding cuts threaten the academic progress of Black students in districts across California, according to a report by researchers at the University of Southern California.

Violating a school dress code. Using a cellphone in class. Mouthing off at a teacher. There was a time when that kind of behavior, called "willfully defiant" conduct, would get a California public ...