Black girls are twice as likely to be suspended in every state, and it’s not because of more frequent or serious misbehavior, a bold headline in U.S. News and World Reports states.
For years, this statistic has stood out to educators, raising great concern nationwide.
Reading, writing, and arithmetic are essential, but the administrators at Harvey Austin School have decided to “make character count,” too. The teachers are rallying behind the initiative begun by Principal Demario Strickland and Assistant Principal Cassandra Gasbarrini.
