Robotics and the suspension gap

By Lucas Willard

Published March 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT

Western New England University hosted well over a thousand volunteers, parents and kids devoted to robotics – all for a competition geared toward getting a new generation of learners involved in STEM.

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Black students in America are more likely to be disciplined with out-of-school suspension than their white counterparts. Author Aaron Kupchik explores the legacy of racism and segregation in schools.

And we’ll cheer on a robotics competition in Massachusetts.

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