School expulsions hit minorities, special ed students hardest

A new report Wednesday showed that minority and special education students are more likely to be expelled from Texas schools than other students. The report from Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center, found that 8,202 students were expelled from regular schools in 2008-09, with most sent to Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Programs. The Dallas school district - the second largest in the state - expelled the largest number of any district at 408.

Texas Appleseed's homepage for its School-to-Prison Pipeline study: 
http://www.texasappleseed.net/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=21&Itemid=106