The school discipline dilemma: A comprehensive review of disparities and alternative approaches

RO Welsh, S Little - Review of educational research, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In recent decades, K–12 school discipline policies and practices have garnered increasing
attention among researchers, policymakers, and educators. Disproportionalities in school …

Persistently harsh punishments amid efforts to reform: Using tools from social psychology to counteract racial bias in school disciplinary decisions

S Ispa-Landa - Educational Researcher, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
In response to concerns about overly harsh and racially inequitable school discipline,
schools have introduced disciplinary reforms. However, even in schools where these …

Double jeopardy: Teacher biases, racialized organizations, and the production of racial/ethnic disparities in school discipline

J Owens - American Sociological Review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Bridging research in social psychology with scholarship on racialized organizations, this
article shows how individual bias and organizational demographic composition can operate …

The relative contribution of subjective office referrals to racial disproportionality in school discipline.

EJ Girvan, C Gion, K McIntosh… - School psychology …, 2017 - psycnet.apa.org
To improve our understanding of where to target interventions, the study examined the
extent to which school discipline disproportionality between African American and White …

Unpacking the drivers of racial disparities in school suspension and expulsion

J Owens, SS McLanahan - Social Forces, 2020 - academic.oup.com
School suspension and expulsion are important forms of punishment that disproportionately
affect Black students, with long-term consequences for educational attainment and other …

Disproportionality reduction in exclusionary school discipline: A best-evidence synthesis

RA Cruz, AR Firestone, JE Rodl - Review of Educational …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
A full canon of empirical literature shows that students who are African American, Latinx, or
American Indian/Alaskan Native, and students who are male, diagnosed with disabilities, or …

Racial mismatch among minoritized students and white teachers: Implications and recommendations for moving forward

TP La Salle, C Wang, C Wu… - Journal of Educational …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The student population in American public schools has become increasingly diverse;
however, the teacher workforce remains primarily White (80%). The purpose of the current …

A QuantCrit analysis of context, discipline, special education, and disproportionality

RA Cruz, SS Kulkarni, AR Firestone - AERA Open, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Using a dis/ability critical race theory (DisCrit) and critical quantitative (QuantCrit) lens, we
examine disproportionate application of exclusionary discipline on multiply marginalized …

Teacher beliefs and the overrepresentation of Black students in classroom discipline

A Gregory, G Roberts - Theory Into Practice, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Racial disparities in teacher-issued office discipline referrals are less discussed than the
well-documented suspension gaps. Discipline referrals, like suspension, can lead to lost …

Two-year impact of a universal social-emotional learning curriculum: Group differences from developmentally sensitive trends over time.

S Low, K Smolkowski, C Cook… - Developmental …, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
This study examined the impact of a commonly adopted elementary universal social-
emotional learning program, Second Step, on student social-emotional and academic …