The persistent problem of preschool expulsions

Young children who are expelled need extra social and emotional support and their teachers, often undervalued, need to be championed, a UIC expert says. (stock.adobe.com)

Expelling kids enrolled in daycare and preschool is hardly child’s play.

Pre-K students are expelled at a rate more than three times that of children in grades K–12, and a disproportionate number of those expelled are Black, studies show.