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Unequal Discipline

Native Students Face Harsh Discipline in New Mexico

Native American students in New Mexico are expelled far more often than members of any other group. One school district, Gallup-McKinley County Schools, is responsible for most of that disparity.

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Unequal Discipline

A New Mexico District Says It’s Reduced Harsh Discipline of Native Students. But the Data Provided Is Incomplete.

Following an investigation by New Mexico In Depth and ProPublica, Gallup-McKinley County says it cut down on long-term suspensions for Indigenous children and implemented policy reforms. But the state has not made it easy to verify these claims.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

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Unequal Discipline

New Mexico AG to Investigate Gallup-McKinley School District for Harsh Discipline of Native American Students

Gallup-McKinley County Schools enrolls a quarter of New Mexico’s Native students but was responsible for at least three-quarters of Native expulsions over four years.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

Local Reporting Network

Have a Student in New Mexico Schools? Here Is What to Know About How School Discipline Works.

by Asia Fields,

Gallup School Superintendent Says Changing a Label Explains Away Its Harsh Native Student Discipline. It Doesn’t.

by Marjorie Childress, New Mexico In Depth, and Steve Myers, ProPublica,

A School Superintendent Says Our Story About Expulsions in His District Is Incorrect. Here’s Why He’s Wrong.

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,

This School District Is Ground Zero for Harsh Discipline of Native Students in New Mexico

by Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth, with additional reporting by Asia Fields, Maya Miller and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica,

How We Found the School District Responsible for Much of New Mexico’s Outsized Discipline of Native Students

by Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, and Bryant Furlow, New Mexico In Depth,