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These graphs show the correlation between race and school suspension in K-12 schools To help students analyze the data, you
elation between race and school suspension in K-12 schools
might ask them to explain the relationship
during the 2013–2014 school year. might ask them to explain the r elationship
between the pie chart at the top and the
between the pie chart at the top and the
graph below. Why do we need the first
American Public School Demographics (2013–2014) graph below . Why do we need the first
chart to fully understand the graph?
chart to fully understand the graph?
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Demographics of American Public School Students
Suspended and Expelled (2013–2014)
46% 45.3%
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39%
40 36.3% 35.1%
32.4% 28.9% 30.9%
Percentage 30 23.3% 22.5% 19.8% 16.8%
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In-school One out-of-school More than one out-of- Expulsion
suspension suspension school suspension
American Indian/Alaska Native Asian/Paci c Islander Hispanic/Latino
African American/Black White Two or more races
Data from U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Data from U.S. Department of Education O ce for Civil Rights.
Identify at least two assertions Baldwin makes that these graphs would support.

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