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Unequal discipline for Native students

An investigative report in New Mexico finds Native students are expelled at a far greater rate than their white counterparts.

The report focuses on the public school district on the edge of the Navajo Nation with the highest percentage of Native students in the country.

1. Native American kids are expelled from public schools far more frequently than any other group.

2. One school district near the Navajo Nation appeared to be largely responsible for that disparity. https://t.co/abUc7l8hwB (2/18)
— Bryant Furlow (@BryantFurlow) December 22, 2022

Guests on Native America Calling

Today on Native America Calling, we’ll hear from Bryant Furlow, a New Mexico In-Depth reporter and member of ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network who pursued the story, as well as Native education experts about what the data means for students.

Dr. Wendy Greyeyes (Diné), assistant professor of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico

Regis Pecos (Cochiti Pueblo), co-director of the Leadership Institute at the Santa Fe Indian School and former governor of Cochiti Pueblo.

And here’s how ProPublica’s data journalist Joel Jacobs and I analyzed the state’s student discipline data: https://t.co/z2xFamIi9E (17/18)
— Bryant Furlow (@BryantFurlow) December 22, 2022