Giving Compass' Take:

• Francisco Vara-Orta reports that the Department of Education has rescinded Obama-era school discipline guidelines that were intended to reduce suspensions for students of color. 

• How can schools remove bias and racism from discipline? 

• Learn how data can help educators rethink school discipline. 

It’s official: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos has rescinded the guidance issued by the Obama administration directing schools to reduce racial disparities in how they discipline students.

The move comes just days after a federal commission, led by DeVos, recommended the change in its final report, saying that the guidelines made schools less safe. There is limited evidence that’s true, though teachers at some schools have been frustrated by efforts to cut down on suspensions.

The move ends two years of speculation about when DeVos would make the call about the guidance, and continues the Trump administration’s approach to rolling back Obama administration policies.

The guidance was issued in January 2014, and told school leaders to seek out alternatives to suspension and other penalties that take students out of the classroom. It also noted that black and Hispanic students were suspended much more often than other students, and that suspensions were correlated with higher dropout rates and lower academic achievement.

Read the full article about ending Obama-era discipline guidelines by Francisco Vara-Orta at Chalkbeat.