Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh school district will review and publicize school police arrest data

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    Pittsburgh school district will review and publicize school police arrest data

    Pittsburgh Public Schools is taking new measures to analyze and address school police data. The district this week approved a proposal by Superintendent Anthony Hamlet to conduct an external investigation into data pertaining to school arrests, citations and out-of-school suspensions. The data will be sorted into characteristics like gender, race and age to help assess differences in the frequency of calls for service. Hamlet referenced a recent town hall and report from the Black Girls Equity Alliance, which indicated an increasing role of schools in Allegheny County’s juvenile justice system, especially for Black students. Among other key findings, the report ...


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