Police and Madison Schools

Bill Lueders and Jason Shepherd:

In the 2004-05 school year, police were summoned to Madison schools more than 1,500 times and made nearly 400 arrests, mostly of students. Recently Isthmus writer Jason Shepard went through raw data of police reports to compile spreadsheets of police calls and arrests, arranged by school. One resulting finding -- that students of color account for a sharply disproportionate percentage of arrests -- has stirred particular concern, a topic explored in Shepard's column for the Oct. 21 edition of Isthmus. Included here is that column and three spreadsheets that provide cumulative data

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 20, 2005 9:28 PM
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