Black girls are disproportionately disciplined in public schools, with Black girls accounting for nearly half of all exclusionary discipline cases and facing exclusionary expulsion and corporal punishment as early as preschool.
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Why the ADHD surge and punishment of Black students could be linked
Black children are more likely to be misdiagnosed with attention-deficit disorder, and are less likely to receive treatment, leading to disproportionate discipline in schools and a lack of resources and counseling for the disorder.