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Obama backs race-based school discipline policies | The Daily Caller
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President Barack Obama is backing a controversial campaign by progressives to regulate schools disciplinary actions so that members of major racial and ethnic groups are penalized at equal rates, regardless of individuals behavior.
His July 26 executive order established a government panel to promote a positive school climate that does not rely on methods that result in disparate use of disciplinary tools.
African Americans lack equal access to highly effective teachers and principals, safe schools, and challenging college-preparatory classes, and they disproportionately experience school discipline, said the order, titled White House Initiative On Educational Excellence.
Because of those causes, the report suggests, over a third of African American students do not graduate from high school on time with a regular high school diploma, and only four percent of African American high school graduates interested in college are college-ready across a range of subjects.
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