the sad fact is that minority students across america face much harsher discipline than nonminorities. even wind the same school. some examples, african-american students, particularly males, are far more likely to be suspended or expelled from school than their peers. black students make up just 18% of the students in this survey. but 35% of the students suspended were black and 39% of the students expelled were black. nationally, students with disabilities are more than twice as likely to be suspended than students without disabilities. chicago, we worked hard to train our teachers and principals to look for alternatives to suspension and seclusion and restraint. we began peer juries where students were responsible for disciplining each other and findal wayto resolve disputes. we found that a tiny percentage, tiny percentage of our schools actually accounted for the majority of our student arrests. we worked hard to challenge that status quo as well. with better training and professional development for teachers and principals in these schools. it's absolutely clear that chicago and