There is a big problem in our educational system, and it is persistent. Black children are being kicked out of school more than White children on a regular basis and in large numbers, according to a white paper co-authored by the National Black Child Development Institute (NBCDI), titled, The Point of Entry: The Preschool-To-Prison Pipeline .

In March 2014, the U.S. Department of Education Office of Civil Rights reported that Black students in kindergarten through 12th grade are suspended and expelled at a rate three times greater than White students. On average, five percent of White students are suspended, compared to 16 percent of Black students.

Thats not the only alarming piece of research. When child care administrators regularly expel and suspend Black children, they position these children at the point of entry of the preschool-to-prison-pipeline . In other words, children who are forced out of school even at the young ages of three through six-years, are at risk for going into the juvenile justice system when older and then onto prison later in life.