Racial egalitarians – that is, those who mandate equal outcomes rather than an objective level playing field – are flying high over the latest Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on K-12 school discipline. This report, issued on April 4, again noted that there is a wide gap between the discipline actions taken against black students compared to white ones...and between boys and girls.  The report's summary is as follows: These disparities were widespread and persisted regardless of the type of disciplinary action, level of school poverty, or type of public school attended.  For example, Black students accounted for 15.5 percent of all public school students, but represented about 39 percent of students suspended from school – an over representation of about 23 percentage points. Actually, a truer picture would reveal an even greater discrepancy if teachers and administrators were not under tremendous pressure to...(Read Full Post)