Will Quotas Fix Race Imbalance in School Suspensions?

In a more sane world, what would be the appropriate response by public school administrators when a minority group of students is disproportionately suspended for disruptive behavior that frequently compromises and jeopardizes the learning experience for the majority of students? Investigate why that group is so disproportionately disruptive and disorderly? Increase the severity of the consequences for disruptive behavior? Impose greater standards of discipline with a lower tolerance for bad behavior? All of these seemingly logical responses are being overlooked by the Minneapolis Public School system in favor a completely different approach — eliminate the racial “disproportionality” of disruptive behavior by “administrative fiat” with racial quotas as outlined in this press release last week: