African American and disabled youth are overrepresented in behavior-focused and academic remediation schools

School districts in the US often have many different types of high schools - some are traditional neighborhood schools, while others are more innovative or focused on behavior or academic remediation. In new research Aaron B. Perzigian, Kemal Afacan, Whitney Justin, and Kimber L. Wilkerson examine the characteristics of students across these school types. They find that African American students, ...