Black and Latino parents of Boulder Valley School District students have been raising alarms for years that their children are punished more often for the same behaviors as white students. The district’s own data has consistently shown this disparity.In 2020, under mounting pressure, BVSD reformed its discipline policies to try to reduce inequities. It removed police from schools, streamlined punishment guidelines across classrooms, and trained educators to de-escalate and resolve conflicts without resorting to punishment. Since the reforms, fewer students have been suspended or referred to police. But the disparities that prompted the new policies remain.  Latino students were about 3.5 times more likely to be suspended than white students during...